Mounting Dart pump

[jimroth]

I am getting ready to mount my Sequence Dart pump in preparation for drilling holes in the sump for bulkheads yadda yadda.
I noticed that the pump has slots so you can bolt it to something and I thought it might be a good idea to bolt it to a li'l piece of wood and back that up with a couple pieces of closed-cell rubber padding I've got. Anyone done this? Good idea/bad idea?

 

[Brian]

Jim

I have my Dart just sitting on a piece of wood. I don't see any problems doing what you want to do.

 

[jimroth]

Brian, did you make a hard plumbed connection or is there a piece of something flexible between the pump and the bulkhead?

 

[Phyl]

Ours is mounted to wood with gasket material in between and the plumbing is hard plumbed.

 

[Brian]

There is a true union ballvalve between the bulkhead and the pump.

 

[jimroth]

Brian: Yeah, the valve-union is a good idea, got one ready, but it's hard plumbed right, no flex PVC or hose?

Phyl: How's the noise level?

 

[Phyl]

Our pump isn't a dart, it is a Sequence 5800 (don't know the "name" on it) and the whole basement sounds like something out of a White Noise Generator test facility. When it is running I can't tell one really noisy pump from the next. Luckily I don't care how much noise it makes since I don't hear any of it upstairs where the display is.

We have a union connecting the pump to the manifold (though I'm surprised it isn't a union ball valve, we have those EVERYWHERE) and there's no flex hose coming out of our pump or manifold directly. PICTURES

 

[Brian]

I basically copied John and Phyl's design...on a much smaller scale though.

 

[jimroth]

Thanks Phyl, those pix help a lot. My setup is actually going to be simpler.