Why Purchase Your Air Pump From Septic Solutions?

Septic Solutions, Inc. is owned and operated by a family that has been in the septic system business since 1989. All of the products we offer on our online store are products we have been using daily in our septic system installation business. We have a great deal of hands-on experience with these products. We know our products and the septic system business very well. Whether you are interested in a septic air pump or septic aerator, few people understand them better than us.

Sizing of your septic air pump or septic aerator is extremely important and should not be taken lightly. Although air pumps and air pump manufacturers change over the years, the size of your replacement air pump should remain the same. This will insure that your septic system will function as it was originally designed and tested to perform. Please use our information offered on this site, gathered through our many years of experience, to help you choose the correct septic air pump for your individual application.

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You can trust Septic Solutions, Inc. to provide you with quality septic aerator pumps at great prices, fast and free same day shipping, and the knowledge and friendly customer service to support the products we sell.

Linear Diaphragm Pumps

If you have a linear air pump, which would have a shape similar to a toaster, that pump produces liters of air per minute by the fluctuation of two diaphragms. The quality of those diaphragms, and the application for which your air pump is used, will directly determine how long they will last. There is a misconception that all air pumps are the same, which is far from the truth. Many linear air pumps are specifically manufactured for the water garden industry and will not work well as a septic aerator or aerobic air pump. Septic air pumps must force air through some type of diffuser assembly into a combination of septage and sludge, which causes more head pressure than many water garden air pumps can endure. Please pay special attention and remember, although you can use septic air pumps in your water garden you should not use water garden air pumps in your septic or aeration system. Even if externally they might look similar, internally they tend to be very different.

Some linear diaphragm air pumps will need to have their diaphragms replaced every 18 months, but the quality air pumps should last 3 to 5 years before diaphragm replacement would be necessary. For this reason, we recommend the Hiblow linear air pumps. This is by far the most popular septic air pump used by most of the aerobic manufacturers today. The Hiblow diaphragms are very durable and can withstand the higher backpressures they will be subject to in your septic system. Further, the Hiblow air pumps have an internal safety screw designed to break when the diaphragms start to fail, saving and prolonging the life of all the other internal components of your pump. When the screw breaks, the pump shuts down until you replace your diaphragms, which I might add is very simple to do in a Hiblow air pump. Very few linear air pumps have this important feature. Without this safety device, your pump would continue to run with failing diaphragms that could throw your shuttle out of alignment and permanently damage your pump.

Rotary Vane Air Pumps

If you have a rotary vane septic air pump, which is usually gray in color and approximately 14 inches long and 7 inches tall, you have a pump that is very durable. This type of air pump or septic aerator lasts longer with fewer repairs than most other air pumps available. The Gast AT05 septic aerator has been the work horse on many aerobic systems for lots of years. Approximately every 6 or 7 years the vanes will need to be replaced.

The disadvantage of a rotary vane pump is simply they are extremely noisy and use more than twice the electricity than a linear air pump would use.

AT05 with Cooling Fan

0523 without Cooling Fan

The Importance of the Cooling Fan
Our Gast Rotary Vane air pumps come with an attached cooling fan, which is extremely important in order to keep the air pump running much cooler.  This should add many years of life to the pump.  There are some other Gast Rotary Vane models for sale without the cooling fan which could easily reduce the price by up to $50. Without a cooling fan, the air pump will run much hotter which will in turn decrease the overall life of the pump. 

The Gast AT05 we offer is the real deal. This septic air pump was manufactured specifically for the septic system industry. There are many generic air pumps being offered today that may look similar but are not the original or real deal such as the one we offer. For instance, ours has a cooling fan, and the exact same serial numbers used on many aerobic products.

If you are in need of a quality septic air pump, offered at a great price, sold by a family owned and operated company with many years of experience in the septic system industry, why look any farther before making that important purchase? Feel free to order online at our Secure site or call toll free at 1-877-925-5132. Please check out some of our customer testimonials and find out why Septic Solutions' customer satisfaction is second to none. We plan to do everything in our power to keep it that way.