Strongman Pumps Blogs

Dog or Pet Washing Station  If you have a dog grooming tub or dog wash station and need an undersink pump system that can handle dog and animal hair, you can use one of our undersink pump systems. Make sure to include a hair trap below the tub or sink outlet pipe before the undersink...Read More

Electric Water Fountain Pump Kit I need a water feature pond pump 240V kit for a small 800L pond to use as a feature only.  I would like the option to add fish at a later date.  As a feature only, I don’t really have to worry about aeration of the water.  Some aeration is...Read More

Pressure pump selection guide. If you want to buy a rainwater tank pump, the information below is what you need to look for when selecting a pressure pump for your rainwater tank. The pressure pump selection guide is structured in two parts. The first part is for ‘Above Ground Tanks’.  Above ground tanks are rainwater...Read More

Automatically fill your water tank using a ‘Tank Filling Starter’ with a float valve. Automatic tank filling using a float valve.  The idea is that the bore pump starts when the water level drops in the tank and the pump stops when the tank is full. The ‘Tank Filling Starter’ can operate in Manual or...Read More

What do I need to know to replace my bore pump motor.  What you need to know to replace a submersible motor on your submersible bore pump. Strongman Pumps have a complete range of Franklin submersible motors. Franklin bore pump motors are universal, so they will fit any brand of bore pump wet end. The...Read More

Solar Pond Pump with Battery Installation using a Pressure Filter Max was looking for a Solar pond pump with battery backup for his fish and frog pond. He purchased a RSFB1600. To keep the water quality good, the water is filtered through a 10,000L pressure filter. With the pump flow rate adjusted to maximum, the...Read More

Solar Pond Pump with Battery Installation Tony purchased a RSFB1600 Solar fountain kit with battery backup from Strongman Pumps. He needed a solar pump with a battery for night time and overcast weather use. So he purchased a RSFB1600 kit as this pump produced the flow and water turnover that he needs. The RSFB kits...Read More

How to use the Solar Pump Selector First you need to go to the SolarPak Selector here: https://franklin.config.intelliquip.com/config/franklin/cos/index.jsf Feel free to click the above link as it will open up a new tab and you won’t have to click back and forth to this page. You will see the following screen below (fig 1) You...Read More

Automatically fill the water tank directly from the bore The information below will instruct you on how to automatically fill the water tank directly from the bore or well. The bore pump starts when the water level drops in the tank and the pump stops when the tank is full. Automatic monitoring of the water...Read More

What you need to look for when buying a pump for your rainwater tank If you want to buy a rainwater tank pump, the information below is what you need to look for when buying a pump for your rainwater tank. Now that your rainwater tank/s are full of water, you need to get that...Read More