MGT Real-World Duty Cycle Test

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The MGT Real-World Duty Cycle Test has been designed to simulate realistic farm-house water system operation under accelerated testing conditions.

Rather than simply running continuously, the system constantly cycles through realistic stop/start operating conditions similar to those experienced in everyday residential, agricultural and irrigation applications.

The purpose of the test is to simulate years of real-world use in a compressed timeframe while continuously monitoring operational reliability, runtime performance and total pump cycling activity.

The test simulates a typical farm-house water system including:

• Household water supply 
• Toilets 
• Kitchen & bathroom taps 
• Showers 
• Washing machine use 
• Dishwasher use 
• Header tank refill from dam 
• Cattle trough top-ups (approx. 20 head) 
• Garden irrigation system (20m x 20m) 

Estimated simulated daily usage profile:

• Toilet flush cycles — 15 cycles/day 
• Kitchen & bathroom tap usage — 25 cycles/day 
• Shower usage — 4 cycles/day 
• Washing machine cycles — 6 cycles/day 
• Dishwasher cycles — 4 cycles/day 
• Header tank refills — 2 cycles/day 
• Cattle trough top-ups — 8 cycles/day 
• Garden irrigation cycles — 6 cycles/day 

Estimated daily operating totals:

• Approx. 80 pump starts per day 
• Approx. 2,500–3,500 litres transferred per day 
• Approx. 2.5–3 hours equivalent runtime per day 

The accelerated testing model allows multiple years of equivalent real-world operation to be simulated within a significantly reduced timeframe while maintaining realistic operating behaviour and stop/start cycling patterns.