Quote Originally Posted by Gen
Thanks psycho. I would never have thought to make the reservoir larger to keep the temperature cooler. Good thought. I'm thinking about summer time grows when the temps start climbing. I'll probably have to battle the surrounding air temperature more than the pump. The pump is small 130 gph. There is no noise except the sound of the water falling back into the reservoir. How noisy are the external pumps? What is a baffle?
External pumps are going to give a little noise but I wouldn't think it would be REAL noisy.
As far as the baffle, it's a divider in your reservoir between the water inlet leading into the tank and the pump inlet. When your pumping a fluid, a lot of times if the conditions are right, you can create an effect where the water never really circulates because it goes from inlet to inlet....when you put in the baffle, it makes the water circulate properly. This is common practice built into all hydraulic reservoirs to dispurse heat. Good Luck!! :thumbsup:
Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on . pump temperature vs noise Can someone tell me if it's better to have the pump submersed in the reservoir or have an external pump? I thinking about the effect the heat from the pump would have on water temperature vs the noise the external pump would make. Anyone try this? Rating: 5