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Originally posted by Warren Boudreau
OK Rob,
I did a little research for you. The pump in the kit is a Thomas Industries model 405ADC38-12. It's flow capacity is as follows:
Pressure (PSI)..........Flow(CFM)
40............................0.50
60............................0.38
80............................0.33
100............................0.24
Wait a sec... Something is not right here. Are you SURE that's the one we're using? (I don't have one here to check...) According to the specs at:
- http://www.thomaspumps.com/products/...log/select.pdf
and
- http://www.thomaspumps.com/pdf/standard_catalog.pdf
although many WOB-L (R) pumps CAN go to 150 PSI, the 405 series is limited to a maximum rating of 100 PSI!

We're running our systems at a max of 120 PSI. Are we really running them over spec?

BTW... Where'd you find the flow rates you're quoting? They aren't in either of the above files. Can you please post the URL for the doc?

Thanks!

- Keith
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