Best controllable DC pump?

[Jamie Allbritton]

Looking for input on controllable DC pumps. Mainly longevity, sound, access, ease of maintenance, ect.

 

[Hemmdog]

Looking for input on controllable DC pumps. Mainly longevity, sound, access, ease of maintenance, ect.

How big of tank, how high are you pushing water up?

 

[Jamie Allbritton]

75 gallon at the moment, pushing up about 5 ft.

 

[rockskimmerflow]

75 gallon at the moment, pushing up about 5 ft.

I noticed none of your priorities were actually the pump's level of controllability or interface functionality. If you just need a really long lived, quiet, reliable, and low maintenance pump to run 24/7 get an SP4, throw a ball valve on it, and save some coin. If you do really need the controllability features then yeah I try not to spec anything below a red dragon or Abyzz pump if a DC return is being required by a customer- for reliability and longevity reasons mentioned above. In my experience an SP4 running full blast is about the same strength as an ecotech L1 running at 100 percent. Good luck!