AL-KO HW 4500 FCS Comfort (112850)

Good station for water supply and irrigation

The AL-KO HW 4500 FCS Comfort pumping station can be used to supply water to a small house or to increase the liquid pressure in the system. It has a capacity of 4500 L / h, which is enough to service 4 – 5 points of analysis at the same time. But the manufacturer indicates that this model of equipment is not recommended for use for supplying drinking water. It is more “sharpened” for pumping water, although clean, but having small inclusions (up to 0.2 mm in size). For this purpose, the station is equipped with a large pre-filter that allows you to pump rainwater or water from the pool without fear of damaging the equipment.

Design and equipment features

The device "out of the box" is completely ready for installation and launch. Since the station is self-priming, just pour clean water into the pump and connect the fittings — and you can start. During operation, the electronics monitors the operation of the equipment and, if something goes wrong, turns it off (the thermal relay turns off the pump for 15-20 minutes in case of overheating, and the dry-running protection system cuts off the power no later than 90 seconds after a malfunction is detected in the supply pipeline). The station works quite quietly (81 dB, soundproofing is not required) and practically vibration-free.

High quality and durable, but spare parts are not cheap

This line of AL-KO pumping stations (which also includes almost identical models with a capacity of 4000 L / h and 6000 L / h) is considered good and quite reliable. The pumps have durable stainless steel impellers, the tanks are made of high-quality metal, the electronics work smoothly, and even the plastic housing perfectly withstands shock and frost. But spare parts for AL-KO stations are quite expensive, and, if something happens, you will have to fork out for parts.