Question about diaphragm pumps
I have a question, I have a diaphragm pump here and I have never used
one before. When I supply air to this particular one, it seems to work internally, but there is barely any suction or pressure on either end. Maybe just a tiny amount of suction. I thought that they can run dry and do not need priming. What should I expect from a good diaphragm pump? i |
Question about diaphragm pumps
On Apr 11, 3:28*pm, Ignoramus19459 ignoramus19...@NOSPAM.
19459.invalid wrote: I have a question, I have a diaphragm pump here and I have never used one before. When I supply air to this particular one, it seems to work internally, but there is barely any suction or pressure on either end. Maybe just a tiny amount of suction. I thought that they can run dry and do not need priming. What should I expect from a good diaphragm pump? i Once again critical information that's needed to properly try and help diagnose the problem has been left out of the OP's initial post. This is the case time and time again with the OP who can never make the time to be specific and thorough. What is the brand of pump? What is the model of the pump? Is this a used or new pump? My guess is that it's most likely the diaphragm that is dried out and cracked / torn so that no suction is possible. |
Question about diaphragm pumps
On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:28:25 -0500, Ignoramus19459
wrote: I have a question, I have a diaphragm pump here and I have never used one before. When I supply air to this particular one, it seems to work internally, but there is barely any suction or pressure on either end. Maybe just a tiny amount of suction. I thought that they can run dry and do not need priming. What should I expect from a good diaphragm pump? i Likely to be worn or sticking valves. Unless the diaphragm has a hole in it :-( -- Cheers, John B. |
Question about diaphragm pumps
On 2013-04-12, J.B.Slocomb wrote:
On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:28:25 -0500, Ignoramus19459 wrote: I have a question, I have a diaphragm pump here and I have never used one before. When I supply air to this particular one, it seems to work internally, but there is barely any suction or pressure on either end. Maybe just a tiny amount of suction. I thought that they can run dry and do not need priming. What should I expect from a good diaphragm pump? i Likely to be worn or sticking valves. Unless the diaphragm has a hole in it :-( OK, I spent a lot of time with that pump. Took it apart. The valve balls are there. The membranes are in good condition. After disassebmly and reassembly, it does pump water very well. Then I tried pumping old coolant from a machine into a barrel. It worked great, then got somehow stuck and did not pump, despite reciprocating. I assumed that the plastic balls got stuck, shook it a bit, and then got them unstuck. Someone told me that if I buy PTFE (Teflon) balls, they would be lesslikely to get stuck. They are not that expensive and I wanted to double check if that advice makes sense to you. Thanks i |
Question about diaphragm pumps
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:31:00 -0500, Ignoramus17560
wrote: On 2013-04-12, J.B.Slocomb wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:28:25 -0500, Ignoramus19459 wrote: I have a question, I have a diaphragm pump here and I have never used one before. When I supply air to this particular one, it seems to work internally, but there is barely any suction or pressure on either end. Maybe just a tiny amount of suction. I thought that they can run dry and do not need priming. What should I expect from a good diaphragm pump? i Likely to be worn or sticking valves. Unless the diaphragm has a hole in it :-( OK, I spent a lot of time with that pump. Took it apart. The valve balls are there. The membranes are in good condition. After disassebmly and reassembly, it does pump water very well. Then I tried pumping old coolant from a machine into a barrel. It worked great, then got somehow stuck and did not pump, despite reciprocating. I assumed that the plastic balls got stuck, shook it a bit, and then got them unstuck. Someone told me that if I buy PTFE (Teflon) balls, they would be lesslikely to get stuck. They are not that expensive and I wanted to double check if that advice makes sense to you. Thanks i One assumes you did put a fine..fine screen on the input side..right? If not..nothing is going to help Gunner, who has pulled chips out of a 1000 pumps |
Question about diaphragm pumps
On Apr 13, 11:52*am, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:31:00 -0500, Ignoramus17560 wrote: On 2013-04-12, J.B.Slocomb wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:28:25 -0500, Ignoramus19459 wrote: I have a question, I have a diaphragm pump here and I have never used one before. When I supply air to this particular one, it seems to work internally, but there is barely any suction or pressure on either end. Maybe just a tiny amount of suction. I thought that they can run dry and do not need priming. What should I expect from a good diaphragm pump? i Likely to be worn or sticking valves. Unless the diaphragm has a hole in it :-( OK, I spent a lot of time with that pump. Took it apart. The valve balls are there. The membranes are in good condition. After disassebmly and reassembly, it does pump water very well. Then I tried pumping old coolant from a machine into a barrel. It worked great, then got somehow stuck and did not pump, despite reciprocating. I assumed that the plastic balls got stuck, shook it a bit, and then got them unstuck. Someone told me that if I buy PTFE (Teflon) balls, they would be lesslikely to get stuck. They are not that expensive and I wanted to double check if that advice makes sense to you. Thanks i One assumes you did put a fine..fine screen on the input side..right? If not..nothing is going to help Gunner, who has pulled chips out of a 1000 pumps All one can do is assume with most of the crap iggy posts. Significant detail is almost always missing. |
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