Keep the tank, the pump and the next call-out together
Tag every tank, booster pump and pressure system you install. When the pump starts cycling or the water goes cloudy, the owner scans and finds you, not a number off a bakkie.
Rainwise Tanks
Installed by Rainwise Tanks
Booster pump
0.75 kW pressure booster
- Capacity
- 0.75 kW · 3 bar
- Location
- Side of the house, by the tank
- Installed
- 18 Feb 2026
- Warranty to
- 18 Feb 2028
Next service
18 Feb 2027
Service history
Installation
18 Feb 2026
IP-3WT8-16
What you'll tag
- Rainwater and backup water tanks
- Booster and pressure pumps
- Pressure vessels and controllers
- Tank level sensors and switches
- Rainwater harvesting systems
- Gutter filters and first flush diverters
- Changeover valves to municipal supply
- Tank stands and bases
Sound familiar?
Where water tanks & pumps lose the repeat work
Pumps fail at the worst moment
When the municipal water is off and the pump will not start, the owner needs help today. They call whoever answers first.
Tanks need cleaning nobody remembers
Sediment builds up, gutter filters block and the first flush stops working. Without a reminder, the first sign is cloudy water.
The setup is invisible from outside
Pump model, pressure settings, valves and the changeover arrangement. Each call-out starts with tracing pipes before any work is done.
How the loop works for you
Say you fit a 5,000 litre tank and a booster pump in February and tag the pump. The next winter the pump starts short cycling. The owner scans the tag, sees the settings you left and who fitted it, and books you before the pump burns out.
On every passport
What InstallPass records
- Tank size and material, and the pump brand and model
- Serial numbers, read from the rating plate photo
- Pressure settings and the pressure vessel size
- How the changeover to municipal supply works
- Filters and first flush fitted
- Install date and the installer warranty
- Photos of the tank, the pump and the valves
- Electrical certificate for the pump circuit, attached
Keep on file
Documents worth attaching
- Pump manufacturer warranty registration
- Electrical certificate of compliance for the pump circuit
- Pressure settings and commissioning notes
- Photos of the valve layout
Requirements vary by installation, municipality and manufacturer, so check what applies to each job.
Service touchpoints
Reminders that match how your units are serviced
Set a service interval per unit and InstallPass sends the reminders. Typical starting points:
Pump and pressure check
Every 12 months
A typical starting point. Follow the pump manufacturer's guidance.
Tank clean and gutter filter check
Every 12 to 24 months
Depends on the roof, the trees around it and how the water is used.
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In their words
What installers say about it
The same story in every trade: a tag that stays on the unit is what brings the next job back to the person who fitted it, years after the invoice was paid.
Three geysers I fitted in 2023 came back to me this winter instead of going to whoever was cheapest on Google. The tag was still on the pipe and they scanned it.
The rating plate photo doing the typing is the part my guys actually use. Before this, half the job cards came back with the serial number missing.
A customer phoned about a warranty claim from two years ago. I had the certificate of compliance and the install date on screen before she finished the sentence.
Start tagging rainwater and backup water tanks today
Start your free trial and tag your first unit today. Fourteen days of every Pro feature, on real installs. If the bookings do not come back, you have lost nothing but an afternoon.
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