Technical Resources

Hiring vs Purchasing a Dewatering Pump for Construction

Hiring vs Purchasing a Dewatering Pump for Construction:Which Option Saves You Time and Money? Dewatering pumps for construction play a vital role in the industry. Civil engineering companies rely on electric dewatering pumps to drain sumps, pits and foundations – after all, unless our country’s climate suddenly transforms into a year-round ...
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Protect your Farms Water Supply: The Essential Case for Using a Water Level Alarm

Protect your Farms Water Supply: The Essential Case for Using a Water Level Alarm   With the rising cost of mains water, many farmers are opting for private water supplies to meet their farm’s needs from yard washing to irrigation to cattle drinking water. Water is usually pumped from private sources like boreholes or streams, to a storage ...
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Why does my borehole pump keep tripping?

Why does my borehole pump keep tripping?   When your farm or home’s water supply depends on a borehole pump, it can be frustrating when the system comes to a stop because the circuit breaker or overload keeps tripping. In addition to the inconvenience, the downtime can be expensive. That’s why we know you’ll want to resolve the issue ...
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Water Pressure Pumps: For When Your Water Supply Needs a Boost

Water Pressure Pumps: For When Your Water Supply Needs a Boost     A water pressure booster pump is needed when you have low water pressure that doesn’t provide the necessary flow for its application, like if the taps in a home only trickle, or the shower isn’t powerful enough.     What is a water pressure pump ...
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Secure a government-funded FETF grant of up to £50,000 to improve Farm Productivity

Secure a government-funded grant of up to £50,000 to improve Farm Productivity but be quick, the Farming Equipment & Technology Fund (FETF) deadline is fast approaching!   The 2024 application window for the government FETF grant is imminent (Deadline: 17th April 2024). This government-funded grant is a great opportunity for farmers in ...
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Flood, Pressurised, Drip or Sprinkle: What Type of Irrigation Pump Do You Need?

Flood, Pressurised, Drip or Sprinkle: What Type of Irrigation Pump Do You Need?    What is irrigation?  Irrigation is used mainly in agricultural businesses to manually apply water to areas of land that are growing and sustaining crops or plants. It can also be used for lawn maintenance on golf courses, football pitches and ...
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Sump Pump Buyers Guide: Everything You Need to Know

Sump Pump Buyers Guide: Everything You Need to Know   Looking to buy a Sump Pump for sump, pit, and tank emptying, but not sure what you are searching for? Look no further! Here is our ultimate guide to sump emptying pumps to help you make the right choice, whether it's an automatic sump pump, portable sump pump, or an electric sump pump. ...
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Improve your Farms Efficiency with a 2024 Farm Capital Grant

Improve your Farms Efficiency with a 2024 Government Capital Grant   The window for applications has just opened for the 2024 government Farm Capital Grant. This is a great opportunity for farmers in England to install new equipment or upgrade old, all with the aim of improving environmental impact and farm efficiency.   How does the ...
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How to Test Your Borehole Pump Water Quality and Why It Matters

How to Test Your Borehole Pump Water Quality and Why It Matters A borehole pump is a type of submersible pump that is put into a drilled hole in the ground to extract water, which can then be used in homes and businesses for drinking, washing, cooking, and bathing, without the need of a mains water supply, saving the owner money. However, water ...
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FAQs About Submersible Pumps: Your Queries Answered

FAQs About Submersible Pumps: Your Queries Answered Submersible water pumps are one of the most popular types of electric water pump on the market due to the amount of applications they can be used for. For example, you may use a Submersible Pump for:   • Drainage • Sewage pumping • Industrial pumping • Effluent and slurry ...
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From Seed to Harvest: Water Pumps Work on the Farm All Year Round

From Seed to Harvest: Water Pumps Work on the Farm All Year Round   Come rain or shine, from dusk to dawn, in summer and winter, there’s always lots to be done on a farm. Many of the work requires considerable amounts of water, for jobs like cleaning equipment, washing down livestock containers, feeding animals, irrigating crops, and ...
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How Farmers Can Benefit from a Borehole: Private Water Supply in Agriculture

Private Water Supply in Agriculture: How Farmers Can Benefit the Most from a Borehole   Farms that grow crops or raise livestock both have something in common. Copious amounts of water are needed to clean equipment, wash down livestock containers, feed animals, irrigate crops and keep the farm running smoothly.   Many agricultural ...
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5 Borehole Pump Controllers To Automate and Protect Your Private Water Supply

5 Borehole Pump Controllers To Automate and Protect Your Private Water Supply   Whether you don't have access to mains water or prefer to use a private water supply for cost saving, it is likely your water system relies on a borehole pump. Used for various applications, including irrigation, washing, drinking water, submersible borehole ...
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Submersible Pump Guide: How to Choose the Right Water Pump for Your Needs

Submersible Pump Guide: How to Choose the Right Water Pump for Your Needs   Submersible pumps are one of the most popular types of pumps on the market. From sourcing water from a well and drainage in floods to sewerage pumping and even emptying ponds, submersible water pumps are suitable for domestic, industrial and agricultural ...
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4 Tips to Protect Your Water Pump System from Freezing During Winter

4 Tips to Protect Your Water Pump System from Freezing During Winter   With temperatures dropping and the colder months coming, it's time to start thinking about how you can protect your Water Pump System from the perils of Jack Frost. Water pipes, water pumps, well pumps, and water treatment systems are exposed to moisture during the ...
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How Private Water Supply Filtration Can Make Borehole Water Safe for Drinking

How Private Water Supply Filtration Can Make Borehole Water Safe for Drinking   Private Water Supply is certainly a more cost-effective solution than mains in the long term, especially when it comes to industrial, agricultural, and domestic applications that use a lot of water each day … but you need to be confident that the water ...
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Save Money and Energy with Our Top-Rated Heating Circulator Pump

Save Money and Energy with Our Top-Rated Heating Circulator Pump   With energy prices having skyrocketed in recent months, everyone’s talking about the energy crisis and how you can improve your energy efficiency… and when it comes to water heating systems, a Circulator Pump is a great solution that can help you optimise and make your ...
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Washdown Pump vs. Jet Wash Pumps: Understanding the Differences and Choosing the Right Pump

Washdown Pump vs. Jet Wash Pumps: Understanding the Differences and Choosing the Right Pump   Washing down milking parlours, livestock containers, or simply removing mud from machinery can be challenging for everyone working on a farm. Washdown pumps or jet wash pumps are popular agricultural pumps as they can quickly help you ...
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How the Right Brewery Pump Seal Can Solve These 3 Costly Problems

How the Right Brewery Pump Seal Can Solve These 3 Costly Problems   Whether you're a microbrewery creating craft ales, a big commercial brewery, or simply have a home brew pump to make your own beer at home, you are likely to experience some common Brewery Pump problems caused by having the wrong pump sealing. So, have you been experiencing ...
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7 Key Factors to Consider When Selecting the Right Borehole Pump

7 Key Factors to Consider When Selecting the Right Borehole Pump   Interrupted water supply, poor water pressure, unnecessary energy consumption and excessive pump maintenance are issues that can all be expected if the wrong borehole water pump is selected for your installation. With lots of options on the market, making a decision on what ...
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Is Your Private Water Supply Safe? Test and Treat Your Water Supply in 4 Simple Steps!

Is Your Private Water Supply Safe? Test and Treat Your Water Supply in 4 Simple Steps!   A Private Water Supply can contain dirt, sediments, bacteria and other contaminants that can make it taste and smell bad and in some cases even endanger your health! You might not see the contamination and are therefore confident that the water extracted ...
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Chemical Resistance Chart: Helping you Choose the Right Materials

Chemical Resistance Chart: Helping you Choose the Right Materials   Download the full Chemical Resistance Chart here - example page below    
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Pipe Resistance Chart for Optimal Flow Rates

Pipe Resistance Chart for Optimal Flow Rates   Download the pipe resistance chart here.
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IP Rating: What Level of Protection Does Your Equipment Have?

IP Rating: What Level of Protection Does Your Equipment Have?   The IP (International Protection) rating given to a piece of electrical apparatus is a two digit code indicating the degree of protection its enclosure affords it. The first digit represents protection against penetration by solid objects accessing hazardous parts, the second ...
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Guide to Engine Driven Generators - Chart and Ratings for Reliable Backup Power

Guide to Engine Driven Generators - Chart and Ratings for Reliable Backup Power   This list below shows minimum Engine Driven Generator sizes based on typical 80°C rise continuous duty generators, with 35% maximum voltage dip during starting, for Franklin's three wire motors, single or three phase. This is a general chart. The generator ...
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Understand Your Cable Resistance with our Comprehensive Chart

Understand Your Cable Resistance with our Comprehensive Chart Download the cable resistance chart here 
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The Ultimate Guide to Identifying BSP Threaded Fitting Sizes

The Ultimate Guide to Identifying BSP Threaded Fitting Sizes    Most fittings used in the UK for irrigation, pump inlets and outlets, plumbing pipework and general commercial and industrial pipework is carried out using pipes and fittings that have a BSP thread. Let's look at how we identify the size of a BSP Threaded Fitting.   ...
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