Drysides Pumping Station

Station Details

Commissioned     :-     1948

Pump    :-       1 no. Hathorn Davey (Sulzer) 40Sn vertical suspended mixed flow, 600 rpm                                                                       

Mounting     :-     vertically within steel piled sump & brick built pump house, containing manually operated overhead crane.

Duty     :-     460 l/s @ 3.5m total gauge head

Bearings     :-     thrust-taper roller, shaft-Dyn Pan B

Lubrication     :-     thrust bearing – manually greased, shaft bearings –water lubricated

Motor    :-      BCP SC via Newbrook RV200

Motor Mounting     :-     horizontal    

Motor rating     :-     30kW @  970 rpm, 56 A FLC

Motor insulation resistance     :-     stator - satisfactory above 200Mohms

Dual Drive Gearbox     :-     Newbrook RV200 gearbox mounted, vertically, over the pump shaft within the pump house

Delivery Pipework     :-      mild steel with reflux & screw down gate valve.

Control Equipment     :-      Carlton Controls star delta starting installed 2002??

Main Control components     :-     Telemechanique/TCP80/GEC Motormaster

Automatic level control     :-      Pulsar ultrasonic

Duty Winter Pumping levels     :-     Start   99.40     Stop   99.25

Electricity supplier/tariff     :-     Haven Power single rate contract.

Key     :-     PES1

DO/Pump Attendant     :-      Mr J Martin

Weedscreen Cleaner     :-     Brackett Bosker 250 Bandit installed 2002

Weedscreen                          :-        good condition, installed 2002

Last pump overhaul     :-     1995                       

Total hours run on current counter     :-      approximately 5500

Maintenance of surrounds     :-     by pump attendant

Fencing     :-      galvanised palisade

Last Periodic Electrical test   :-      2007

Telemetry                         :-    Oriel Systems Awax