On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:06:48 +0000, Andy Cap
wrote:

On 17/12/12 20:58, T i m wrote:


Oooerr. I think I read somewhere that the shaft *should* be
horizontal?


Well it's worked for me ! ;-)


Oh, I don't question your observations, just that it doesn't seem to
be in-line with the general advice. But hey, you might have uncovered
their way of making these things fail early. ;-)

Unfortunately, I don't have much of an option in this installation as
the pump sits on a bit of vertical pipe ... ;-(

Cheers, T i m