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   toast953 | Jan 23, 2004 09:45am | #1

   It's called " Little Giant",, Gordy,  I personnelly don't think installing a sewer ejector pump in a tad bit smaller basin will pose any problems. The Little Giant looked liked a garbage disposal on steriods, with a float system for the on off cycling. Note: I'am a hammer head, not a plumber, neighbor,, I'am up in Prescott,,, Jim J

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   Gordy | Jan 26, 2004 02:52pm | #4

   Hi Jim,

   Glad to meet you!  Hammer heads are good :>).  I'm just an over ambitious home- owner that finds great pleasure in doing things myself. 

   I installed a "Little Giant" model S92  4/10 HP with the remote float option this past weekend.  I also installed a toilet.  All seems to be working well.  The "old" plumbing expert at the plumbing supply store didn't think that the smallish basin would be a problem.

   It's amazing how quiet the pump is.  About the only way you can tell that it is running is if you put your hand on the up-pipe.  I do get a small clunk from the check valve when the pump abruptly shuts off.

   I get to Prescott every now and then.  Me and a good friend ride our motorcycles up I-17 over to cottonwood, to Jerome over Mingus and down to Prescott.  Then it's south (I think it is White Spar Rd) to Yarnell Hill ..........YeeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaa!!!

   I grew up (figure of speach) on the other side of Prescott, in Bagdad.

   Thanks Jim for you input. Maybe we'll meet sometime.

   Gordy

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   VaTom | Jan 23, 2004 03:30pm | #2

   I'm Gordy and I reside in the Phoenix Arizona area in a small suberb called Fountain Hills.

   Welcome aboard.  Grinders aren't in my expertise.  But I remember when Fountain Hills was new.  World's Tallest Fountain right there in the Arizona desert!  Went right along with the highest per capita number of boats of any state.  They don't run the fountain non-stop any more do they?  IIRC, they bragged on recirculating all 10-15% of the water that didn't evaporate.  <G>  Sure was pretty though.

   PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!

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   Gordy | Jan 26, 2004 03:05pm | #5

   Hi VaTom,

   Thanks for the input!   I completed the install over the weekend.  I will post a separate message with the details.

   Yes, Fountain Hills.  The fountain runs every half hour for 15 minutes, I think.  I do know it has never run continuously for the 20 years that I have been visiting or living here. I forget what it cost to run/maintain that thing per year, but I remember the numbers being really high.  "Hey I know , lets build a little town over here in the desert and squirt treated effluent waaaay up in the air and attract tourists" What a dumb idea.  OK, its our town center piece and I should embrace it.  Everybody always asks me if I can see the fountain from my house.  I tell the NO, and that was a requirement when I bought the lot.  I moved out here to see the beautifull green desert, the mountains and the incredible wildlife.

   I don't own a boat. I don't ski and the fishin in AZ is more challenging than I have patience for.  That is unless you like fishing for bass.  I prefer flycasting for trout.

   Thanks again,

   Gordy

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   Mongo | Jan 23, 2004 08:35pm | #3

   Gordy,

   It shouldn't be a huge issue.

   The only thing you might want to do is set the "on" float high and the "off" float low to maximize the amount of liquid you pump out with each cycle. It'll maximize the amount of liquid allowed in the basin before the pump kicks on, somewhat making up for the smaller basin, and hopefully preventing the pump from short cycling, so to speak.

   As long as the footprint of the pump fits in the basin and the pump floats are free to move, all should work well.