I'm putting together the hydraulic system for a log splitter I've built.
It's got a 20 gpm vane pump. 1¼" supply line.
What I want to do is run the supply line up and out the top of the reservoir, as shown in the drawing below,over and down to the inlet of the pump.
The suction strainer will hang from the top of the tank and hover up off the bottom. The strainer (photos below) is threaded 2" npt, so I should have no restriction in flow.
I'm curious if I'll run into any problems with it plumbed like that? Will the fluid drain back down in the tank and cause the pump to "lose it's prime"? I'd imagine as long as no air entered the supply system~ strainer remains below surface~ the oil would remain suspended in the line, right?
On a horizontal plane, the pump inlet is a foot above the bottom of the tank.
Nothing is permanent yet, but I was hoping to avoid having fittings going into the tank below the liquid level if I could.
It's got a 20 gpm vane pump. 1¼" supply line.
What I want to do is run the supply line up and out the top of the reservoir, as shown in the drawing below,over and down to the inlet of the pump.
The suction strainer will hang from the top of the tank and hover up off the bottom. The strainer (photos below) is threaded 2" npt, so I should have no restriction in flow.
I'm curious if I'll run into any problems with it plumbed like that? Will the fluid drain back down in the tank and cause the pump to "lose it's prime"? I'd imagine as long as no air entered the supply system~ strainer remains below surface~ the oil would remain suspended in the line, right?
On a horizontal plane, the pump inlet is a foot above the bottom of the tank.
Nothing is permanent yet, but I was hoping to avoid having fittings going into the tank below the liquid level if I could.