D.J. Gongol and Associates, Inc. PO Box 180
4328 North Dawson
Cumming, IA 50061
515-223-4144
402-965-1306 text
515-981-0581 fax
www.gongol.net info@gongol.net
An introduction to the Gorman-Rupp self-priming pump
July 19, 2010
Gorman-Rupp has published some helpful videos explaining how a self-priming pump works. Self-priming pumps have a tremendous advantage over pumps that require external priming mechanisms (like vacuum-priming systems), in that the self-priming pump has fewer components and thus has much more reliable operation in the field.