There is a lot in this Blog about our rainwater harvesting system (RWH). If you use the search facility just below the title picture, the tale of woe is well recorded,
Good for the planet and saving a good deal on water bills, RWH is expensive to install and, it turns out, to run. We found that Kingspan Envireau's controls were complicated and ineffective. We replaced them with something much simpler and reliable.
At the heart of the system is a massive underground tank with a submerged high pressure Ebara Multigo M40/08 water pump:
It doesn't look much in the picture but it is a big and heavy beast at 17kg. Expensive too with a RRP of £780! We are now on pump number three - which easily negates any water bill savings and calls into question the economics of RWH.
The idea of possible repair rather than replacement is now being explored. If repair is not possible we may at least get some answers on why these amazing (when working) pieces of kit are failing.
Nobody nearby repairs such pumps but I filled in one of those 'contact us' forms online to Whisper Pumps in Nottinghamshire. On a Sunday I had a reassuring e-mailed reply from their General Manager offering to take a look and repair if possible.
Watch this space.
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