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Reference questions Reference questions are interesting questions we have been asked and our reply. 1) I can not afford laminar jets can I use two pools with a pump in each and a komet nozzle? Sounds a good idea, but komet nozzles do not give the same effect, also when you turn them on and off (no matter how fast) the water will hit not go immediately into the other sump, it will "run" across the floor, this in time will empty both sumps and make the ground sodden. You can how ever do this if both jets are in the same pool. 2) I have been asked to re furbish a fountain, can you help? We can, please see our page here 3) I have been thinking for so long whether we could develop a small scale musical fountain for office/home displays. So far , there isn't any such models available in the mkt yet and I would like to seek your professional opinions abt the feasibility of such small scale fountains. We are also prepared to enter a JV with you , to jointly develop this product and jointly market them to the global mkt, taking advantage of our manufacturing capabilities and your expertise in this industry. We are also keen to work with you in the long term
Any fountain needs to have jets of water, to have
a "good looking" jet it needs to be of a "reasonable size" (Something
you can actually see, not "needle thin") to do this requires a suitable
sized pump to have several nozzles and pumps needs a pool, the pool
needs to be big enough so that it complies with the
jw rule
because of this and other
limitations it is not easily possible to have a small scale musical
fountain.
You can make small animated fountains, but again,
nozzle size and the jw rule prevent it from being too small, (For
example a 2 foot high jet would require a pool of 4 feet in diameter,
and that is only for a single jet, more jets would require a bigger
pool.) You then have the problem of water splash noise, in a musical
fountain this is "masked" some what by the music, most offices and homes
would not want the sound of splashing water as it will be off putting,
and encourage the need to go to the toilet (Even if you don't want to,
the noise may make you want to)
The majority of fountains you see will be outside,
this is because not only do they look nice, but your "audience" can walk
away when they wish, and are not confined to an area where the fountain
is situated. Any fountains you see indoors are usually quiet for the
afore mentioned reasons, (Exemptions to the noise level for example are
water walls, or other features where the water gently flows along the
surface of a rock or statue, along with lava type nozzles ) yes you do
get big fountains in shopping centres but shopping centres by design are
not confined spaces, and the ambient noise level is some what high.
So far I have not mentioned water hygiene, this
is something that also requires space for the appropriate equipment, in
a commercial fountain the water hygiene equipment is usually in a
nearby building or buried in a pump chamber under ground, both of which
are not practicable in homes or offices, unless they are designed for it
when built, or a suitable room set aside for this purpose. Then you have
to consider water replenishment, which although can be something as
simple as a ball valve, it needs to be connected to a mains water
supply, again not a good idea in a home to have a hose running across
the floor. Even people with fish tanks have them on stands / cupboards
with filtration equipment in the space below.
The fountains aimed at the domestic market have
small pumps and sumps / bowls as they rely on the owner topping up the
water on a regular basis (Room temperature causes water loss due to
evaporation) and by adding fresh water to the feature / fountain, the
problem of water hygiene is considerably reduced, (but not eliminated)
although even domestic fountains should be switched off and cleaned
often but the truth is no one does.
4) How does a fountain work? See our page here
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