Pool Cleaner Converted To “Clear Water” Pump
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“It works fast and delivers clean water even when pumping out of dirty ponds and creeks,” says Wallace Browning, Buckingham, Va., who mounted the pump and canister filter off a commercial swimming pool cleaner on the rolling frame of an old pressure washer.
Browning operates a commercial swimming pool cleaning service and also owns a small farm with sheep, goats and horses. He uses the swimming pool cleaner on his own farm to fill stock tanks, and also to pump water out of local creeks and ponds for several neighbors who use the filtered, clean water in their row crop sprayers. He transports the unit on an ATV hauler that he pulls behind his van and carries a small generator and a 50-ft. extension cord with him to operate the unit.
“All my neighbors love it because they don’t have to worry about cleaning out plugged nozzles on their sprayers all the time,” says Browning. “The key feature is that the swimming pool cleaner has a big 10-micron filter which removes most of the impurities in the water. It delivers much cleaner water than a gas engine-powered pump. The water comes out looking almost as clear as drinking water.
“It also works much faster than a gas-powered pump and will fill a tank at a rate of 45 gal. per min. It only takes about one min. to fill up a 50-gal. tank. I’ve used swimming pool cleaners for about 20 years so I know how they work. Commercial swimming pool cleaners are quite complicated, so to keep things simple and to save money I often buy various pool cleaner components individually and put them together. So far I’ve built 4 different swimming pool cleaners for farm use, and all of them can still be used to clean swimming pools.”
He says the model shown in the photo is his simplest model and the one he likes best. “Last summer I decided to try filling sprayer tanks with it, and it worked perfect,” says Browning. “My only cost was about $10 for some plumbing fittings. Everything else on the unit was from salvaged or repaired parts.
“Once I back up to the pond or creek, I just hook up a 50-ft. long suction hose and a 25-ft. long, 1 1/2-in. dia. flexible discharge hose. Then I put the suction hose in the water, plug the extension cord into the generator, and start pumping water,” says Browning.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Wallace Browning, 3860 Oak Hill Rd., Buckingham, Va. 23921 (ph 434 996-8137).
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Pool Cleaner Converted To “Clear Water” Pump MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous “It works fast and delivers clean water even when pumping out of dirty ponds and creeks ” says Wallace Browning Buckingham Va who mounted the pump and canister filter off a commercial swimming pool cleaner on the rolling frame of an old pressure washer Browning operates a commercial swimming pool cleaning service and also owns a small farm with sheep goats and horses He uses the swimming pool cleaner on his own farm to fill stock tanks and also to pump water out of local creeks and ponds for several neighbors who use the filtered clean water in their row crop sprayers He transports the unit on an ATV hauler that he pulls behind his van and carries a small generator and a 50-ft extension cord with him to operate the unit “All my neighbors love it because they don’t have to worry about cleaning out plugged nozzles on their sprayers all the time ” says Browning “The key feature is that the swimming pool cleaner has a big 10-micron filter which removes most of the impurities in the water It delivers much cleaner water than a gas engine-powered pump The water comes out looking almost as clear as drinking water “It also works much faster than a gas-powered pump and will fill a tank at a rate of 45 gal per min It only takes about one min to fill up a 50-gal tank I’ve used swimming pool cleaners for about 20 years so I know how they work Commercial swimming pool cleaners are quite complicated so to keep things simple and to save money I often buy various pool cleaner components individually and put them together So far I’ve built 4 different swimming pool cleaners for farm use and all of them can still be used to clean swimming pools ” He says the model shown in the photo is his simplest model and the one he likes best “Last summer I decided to try filling sprayer tanks with it and it worked perfect ” says Browning “My only cost was about $10 for some plumbing fittings Everything else on the unit was from salvaged or repaired parts “Once I back up to the pond or creek I just hook up a 50-ft long suction hose and a 25-ft long 1 1/2-in dia flexible discharge hose Then I put the suction hose in the water plug the extension cord into the generator and start pumping water ” says Browning Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Wallace Browning 3860 Oak Hill Rd Buckingham Va 23921 ph 434 996-8137
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