BYT-7A014A DC 12V Solar Hot Water Circulating Pump with DC Power Supply Adapter Low Noise 3M Head 8LPM 2.1GPM

The pump arrived a day before it was estimated, one of the reasons I increasingly go to Amazon for various.... The pump is small - I have not installed it yet. I did check it out briefly, and it runs well, pumps a torrent and is heavy for its' size. All good indicators of quality. I am hoping as plastic, it'll hold up well, but you're not going to get a bronze pump for this price. I purchased it to circulate water for our rabbits and to reduce the risk of freezing. It looks like it'll do that just fine. I also like the fact that I can run it off of a battery or from 110 - so I can use the solar power I already have in place and not have to run "real" electricity out to the rabbit barn. A good value for the price - lots of different applications and very handy with 1/2 pipe or barb fittings.

I have a 55 gallon rain barrel that I put a small heater inside so that the water doesn't freeze in the winter. I've attached a washing machine hose from the barrel into a 1" pvc pipe that has nipples on them that my chickens drink from. The problem is on cold days, even with the heater in the barrel, the water in the 1" pvc pipe would freeze. This pump ensures that doesn't happen. I have it plugged into a temperature sensitive outlet. I have it set to turn on at 37F and turn off at 41F. It's constantly pulling the warm water in the barrel into the pipe and back into the barrel to be heated again. We've so far gone down as low as 9F with no issues. Now this is just the first year. Will it still work flawlessly 10 years from now? Let's see.

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Using this to pump my kombucha through an 80 mesh filter before bottling. Pump does not self prime, that's where that last star went. I'm using silicone tubing and it collapses from the suction, recommend a more rigid tubing. Pump is loud when priming it and when it runs dry, but quiet once liquid is flowing. If mounting this in a camper I'd recommend rubber bushings or some other kind of isolated mounting.

So far it is doing what I needed. As for durability, time will tell. It runs very quite and circulates very well. I am concerned about reviews that the 110v to 12v power source failed and that the pump came apart at the joint. Will be monitoring closely.