Made in the U.S.A! Fits our 12" blank sluice perfectly. Made with heavy duty aircraft quality aluminum.
Upgrade your gold recovery system with the Power Header Box for 12" Sluice Boxes. Designed to transform a standard gravity-fed sluice into a powerful pump-fed recovery system, this header box delivers consistent water flow and improved material distribution for enhanced gold recovery.
Complete with hose for easy setup, the Power Header Box provides even water delivery across the width of your sluice box, helping create optimal recovery conditions for fine gold, flakes, pickers, and larger gold particles. It's an ideal solution for prospectors working in areas with limited natural water flow or for those building a recirculating gold recovery system.
Whether you're prospecting at a remote claim, setting up a backyard recovery system, or processing concentrates, this power header helps maximize efficiency and increase productivity.
Designed specifically for 12" wide sluice boxes
Converts a standard sluice into a power sluice
Includes hose for quick installation
Provides consistent water distribution across the sluice
Improves material processing efficiency
Compatible with many prospecting pump systems
Durable construction for long service life
Easy installation and removal
Ideal for recirculating and pump-fed recovery systems
Increases processing capacity compared to traditional sluicing
Creates more consistent water flow conditions
Helps improve fine gold recovery
Allows operation where natural water flow is limited
Perfect for recirculating systems and cleanup stations
Easy upgrade for existing sluice box setups
Portable and field-ready design
Maximizes the versatility of your prospecting equipment
Power Sluicing
Recirculating Gold Recovery Systems
Gold Prospecting
Fine Gold Recovery
Creek and Stream Prospecting
Concentrate Processing
High-Volume Material Processing
Remote Prospecting Locations
Product Type: Power Header Box
Compatibility: 12" Wide Sluice Boxes
Included: Header Box and Hose
Application: Pump-Fed Gold Recovery Systems
Use: Converts Standard Sluice into Power Sluice
Compatible Sluice Width: 12 Inches
Power Header Box
Hose
A power sluice provides greater flexibility and efficiency by allowing you to run your recovery system almost anywhere a water pump can operate. By delivering controlled water flow directly into your sluice box, this Power Header Box helps create optimal recovery conditions while increasing processing capability and improving overall recovery performance.
Turn Your 12" Sluice Box into a Powerful Gold Recovery System and Process More Material with Greater Efficiency.
Power sluice and hose/connection only.
1 1/8" hose OD
I purchased this powerhead based on the reviews someone had left. But I’m disappointed because regardless of the pump I use 1100 2000 3200 or a pool pump this powerhead just blows water out of the sides, which leaves no pressure in center of the sluice with hardly any water to run material. Slightly frustrating.
I’ve tried hanging a baffle in the flow to try to even it out, but it’s too strong. I’ve tried to redirect or plug the edges, but the water doesn’t flow smoothly.
I'm using this 12" Power Header Box on a Dream Mat 12"x47" sluice with a Vortex Dream Mat. This mat runs best at 9+ degrees slope with about 1 inch of water above the mat, requiring minimum 100 gallons per minute flow rate. This header box does a decent job of taming this torrent of input water, using a baffle to disperse the flow into a 12" wide stream. The water comes into the box through a 3/4" i.d. PVC fitting. This baffle system can't clog like a spray-bar diffuser might, and provides minimal resistance to the water inflow. I can recommend this header box for a high flow rate system, and it should also work well at lower flow rates. Just one quibble: it should come with a pair of stainless steel screws and wingnuts for attachment to the sluice box. The zinc plated ones that came with the unit are already rusting after only two weeks use.
Good product.
If using a 12" wide sluice box the header box is about 1/16 to big due to the rivets. Filed the rivets down and welded tacks to the aluminum. Unit was able to fit correctly. Had some leaking issues, applied silicone where needed. Overall great product. Works just as it was made to work.
Well built.
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