Recent content by Muzza

A solar pump would be nice but I'm really needing a simple solution. Is it not possible to go from the water inlet of the main tank to "B" just using a cutoff valve and check valve? This would bypass the entire pump/pressure tank system. The main tank is supplied by "city" water but can be...

The tank is a horizontal type and will be elevated only 1 meter (3 feet) above ground. The house is only one story however. So from your calculation I will get a bit over 1PSI. Better then nothing I suppose. We just began digging the footer holes for the support posts for the platform.

Hi... I'm building a home in the Phillipines and hooking up a 2000L water tank together with a 60L bladder type pressure tank. My wife was just informed that when the power is out (quite often - brownouts) we will have no water. Needless to say she is upset. Sometimes after a Typhoon there is no...