[Homestead] Solar and wind
Bill Jones
billj at harborside.com
Sun Feb 11 12:39:47 EST 2007
Bill Jones wrote:
>
>It's frustrating to see compressed air
>pumps being sold in black boxes, indicating that they obviously work (as
>if there were any doubt; you can just blow in it and see), but no
>hobbyists talking about it anywhere.
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>
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I was going to tell about an alternative power discussion group I found
online. I thought it was called "Otherworld" or something, but I
couldn't find it again. There was a guy talking about using a simple
jet of compressed air to force water up (he only had 50 feet to go).
But what do you know? I not only found out what my pump's actually
called: AIR DISPLACEMENT pumps, because the air displaces the water.
But also, here's a company called Air Well Pumps that makes exactly the
same model that I'm building, with a simple water-level detector to
sense when to change the 3-way solenoid valve. This little .pdf has
really given me some helpful tips! They talk all about some
non-electronic control methods, and the problems they have.
http://www.naturebase.net/pdf/projects/salinity/toolibin/airwell_2.pdf
Bill
S. Oregon coast
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