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| awemawson:
Next to cut the 100 mm hole for the new plate. Due to the width and length of the plate I could only get two clamps on it. Then I attacked it with a big scary cutter :bugeye: |
| awemawson:
Due to the construction, the taller pump has to stand on a pedestal or would be too deep in the tank, so this means it has to be fixed to it's mounting plate along with the second pump as a sub- assembly then lowered into the tank |
| awemawson:
However pump no 3 has to go in first or you can't get at it's bolts! At this point I started attacking the filter, which would have fouled pump no 3 |
| awemawson:
Basically it had to be somewhat wider to clear the pump body, yet still stop swarf entering that area. A classic 'cut & shut' exercise with an angle grinder and a spot welder! Then at last the whole assembly could be put together. As you can see the new pump just clears everything :ddb: |
| awemawson:
As the original pumps moved left 50 mm one of the braided pipes no longer reached :bang: so had to be re-made, but trivial really. "All" that remains now to do to this bit of the project, is mount the controls, wire them and the motor up, and plumb it to the hand held wash down nozzle. My intention is to wire it so that the pump can only run if a/ the switch for it is on, and b/ the doors are open as that is the only time it will be used. |
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