Wet/Dry vac information

[oldman45]

I am looking to purchase a Wet/Dry vac. I want to get one that I can use on liquids but run a garden hose from an outlet to drain it as it pulls water in.

Looked at a Rigid and it does not have anything other than a drain plug and nothing to connect to a discharge hose.

The Rigid held 16 gallons of liquid and had an intake of 1.5gal per minute. With it, I would be shutting it down to empty every 10 minutes.

Anyone know of something like I seek?

 

[cass]

If you can't find what you want, you might pick a cheap vac at a pawn shop, drill and install a hose-end PVC connector to the bottom of the tank and you're good to go.

 

[Bekeart]

Will NOT work!

I want to get one that I can use on liquids but run a garden hose from an outlet to drain it as it pulls water in.

Won't work. The fan creates lower air pressure in the collection container (tank). If you connect a hose to an open drain fitting, the lower pressure will pull water up the hose into the tank.

Bekeart

 

[oldman45]

Won't work. The fan creates lower air pressure in the collection container (tank). If you connect a hose to an open drain fitting, the lower pressure will pull water up the hose into the tank.

Bekeart

Ok then, and I understand what you are saying, just how does one pump water from one place to another?

I am going to power wash some concrete and the water will pool up on the low end. It will be a few hundred gallons but it will not be very deep. My idea was to vacuum the water up and let it empty into a garden hose to be ran to a natural drainage ditch about 75 feet away.

 

[Armyphotog]

I was going to comment, until Bekeart's explanation. I didn't realize how dumb I was. I missed that course in college.

 

[max]

Just put one end of a garden hose in the pool of water and the other end at some lower point. Gravity is your friend and the water will run through the hose. It may take some time, but it will work.

 

[NMPinNYC]

How about a small pond pump or sump pump, that holds some promise.

 

[7003006]

I don't know,you might be able to make it work if you did like someone said and drill a hole in your tank and put in a fitting.If you could then find some kind of check valve that would close while the tank is empty but when the preasure of the water is great enough open and allow water to run out until the it reaches a level where the check valve closes and it starts all over.
Probably to much screwing around but I think it would probably be possible.

 

[oldman45]

How about a small pond pump or sump pump, that holds some promise.

The water will not get more than 2-4 inches deep but will cover about 1/5 acre. Never having used such pumps, I am not sure how deep the water would have to be.

 

[pinduck]

Go to a pool supply store and check with them on a pump that is used to pump the water off a pool cover, I have used one for years, won't cost much either. You can hook a garden hose to it.
Glen

 

[cussedemgun]

Sweep it to a point where it will drain

The water will not get more than 2-4 inches deep but will cover about 1/5 acre. Never having used such pumps, I am not sure how deep the water would have to be.

Try a large push broom to move the water to a point where it will run off.

Use the vacuum for final clean up/dry out.

Jim

 

[oldman45]

Try a large push broom to move the water to a point where it will run off.

Use the vacuum for final clean up/dry out.

Jim

Where the water will collect is not such the water would ever run off. To get it to a drain would mean pushing it uphill for about 40 feet. It will have to be pumped out. When it rains, this area stays with standing water until it evaporates. This is why I want a vac to pick the water up and push it through a hose to get it to a ditch.

 

[enfield]

You can buy a pump that will suck up water within 1/4 inch of the ground or floor. Drop by the plumbing department at your local Lowe's.

 

[doublesharp]

I've got a little giant pump similar to this one and it will pump down to about 1/4".

Amazon.com: Little Giant 5-MSP Permanently Lubricated 1/6 HP Utility Pump: Home Improvement

 

[pinduck]

The above "Little Giant" is precisely what I have been using to pump the water from the pool cover. It will do the job.
Glen

 

[anoblefox]

your best bet would be to rent a gas powered diaphram "trash" pump. It is positive displacement and is the only type that will not be damaged if the inlet runs "DRY". They are slow but very effective for low water removal, especially abrasive stuff. These pumps are even used to unload trucks full of talcum powder, but mostly for street excavation repair work. Any of the centrifugal pumps mentioned cannot run "DRY" for more than a few minutes without damage to the carbon/ceramic seals.

 

[Rule3]

Dig a hole(if you can) in the lowest area where the water will collect and drop a submersible pump in it and pump it where ever you want it to go. A trash pump will probably suck out the water in the hole to quickly.

I have small pumps in my saltwater fish-tank that will pump 900 to 1000 gph . The cost $20 or so.

 

[oldman45]

Dig a hole(if you can) in the lowest area where the water will collect and drop a submersible pump in it and pump it where ever you want it to go. A trash pump will probably suck out the water in the hole to quickly.

I have small pumps in my saltwater fish-tank that will pump 900 to 1000 gph . The cost $20 or so.

I had not thought of this. Good suggestion. I think I will try it. Thanks.

And thanks to all for the suggestions. I may end up trying several of them before I get the right fix.

 

[Indiana George]

Pool cover pumps . . . as suggested before.

For occasional use, they are pretty inexpensive.

Here's another example:

Economy Pool Pump - In The Swim®

 

[truckemup97]

Dig a hole(if you can) in the lowest area where the water will collect and drop a submersible pump in it and pump it where ever you want it to go.

And while you're digging, go ahead and put in a French drain. Sounds like you need one there.