From the simple irrigation of the lawn in front of the house to the emptying of the sanitary installation and the capture of liquids from the flooded spaces, the motor pumps can be used for many useful purposes, being among the most important devices you can have in the household. Here’s what you can use them for.
The motor pump is one of the machines that can offer invaluable help to those who have to maintain a small, medium or large household, with cultivated agricultural land or a lawned garden. You can choose between models of different capacities, with powerful or economical motors, electric or powered by gasoline or diesel, intended for working with clean or dirty water. If you want to buy such a product, but it is not very clear in which categories of agricultural activities you can use it exactly, we invite you to find in this article the answer to the question.
Land irrigation
Probably the most common use for motor pumps is to irrigate agricultural areas. Whether you grow cereals, vegetables, herbs, or have a garden of fruit trees, the plants need regular watering, especially in the early stages of development and especially in the dry summer months.
Because the use of the bucket is not an efficient option for areas larger than 100–150sqm, and the water in the city network costs, most often used as a source fountains, lakes or rivers, from where water can be sent to the destination with a pump right.
The motor pump captures water from the source and puts enough pressure on it to be able to circulate through a network of hoses, provided that you choose a model strong enough for the distance that the water has to cover. With the help of this device you can create a classic irrigation system, in which you handle the hose among the seedlings, watering the plants, or a more modern version, such as a sprinkler version or a drip irrigation alternative.
The type of motor pump used depends primarily on the water source used. If it is a well-maintained fountain, a tank or a cistern, you can easily use a clean water model. If you use a lake or a river from which you can extract soil particles and plant debris, it is good to go for a version of dirty water, to avoid damaging the device. If the water source means large materials such as branches, you need a shredded version, which can work with this type of liquid without getting stuck.
Domestic water supply to the house
Have you decided to move house, but the land on which you built your new home is not yet connected to the city’s water network? You can use an electric or heat motor pump to provide domestic water from the fountain or from an available tank. In this case it is important to take into account the pressure you need at the tap, as well as the flow required to be able to serve the consumption points in the house (sinks, showers).
If you want to use water for drinking or cooking, it is important to remember that you need a very good filter that removes microbes and dirt from the trapped water.
Circulation of sanitary waste to the sewerage network
Another use of motor pumps, important for those who live in the house is to facilitate the circulation of sanitary waste to the sewerage network. In this case, you can only use models designed to capture dirty water, which also include a shredder.
It is important to know that although shredders are provided, these pump variants are not perfect and indestructible, and their operation can be affected even by materials such as toilet paper, which can accumulate in the sectioning segment, being harder to cut in the variant. soaked in water. So if you use such a pump, it is good to choose to avoid throwing any type of hygienic material in the toilet and to choose the separate collection, in garbage bags.
Watering the lawn
Are you more the type who prefers a free and simple garden, covered with a perfect layer of tender and green grass? You can use a model from the range of irrigation motor pumps to maintain it properly, if you have a clean water source. You can use for this purpose a fountain, a well or a cistern that can provide you with the amount you need for the cultivated area.
Elimination of water during floods
If in most cases the motor pump is used to bring water to the locations where it is needed, in the rainy season or in case of a network failure, which causes flooding of the house, you will need it to do the exact opposite. Because land or even indoor spaces covered with water rarely include clean liquid, for these cases you definitely need a version for dirty water, ideally a shredder model, which can destroy any hard materials that are captured with the liquid.
Such a motor pump can be purchased preventively, if you live in a low area, at risk of floods and you know that at least once a year, the cellar or basement will be affected by water, during the rains.
In case of fire
One use that you think about less when you buy a household motor pump is to use it to capture the water needed to extinguish a fire that exceeds the capacity of fire extinguishers in the house. For these situations you can use the same version that you mount at the fountain to irrigate the land or that ensures the water supply of the house. The only difference is that you will need to connect it to hoses with a diameter large enough to give you an effective working pressure.
Never use a water pump to circulate flammable liquids, such as gasoline or diesel, solutions used to fertilize the land or treat crops, or water containing salt.
