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  • From: Marsha Hanzi <hanzibra@svn.com.br>
  • To: permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: ram pumps
  • Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 12:17:40 -0800

And they can actually be successfully homemade out of platic pipes!
I have seen them funcioning very well at my friends David and
Jaqueline`s farm (you can contact David at : sharing@elogica.com.br)...

Marsha Hanzi
Instituto de Permacultura da Bahia
Brazil

Jack Rowe wrote:
>
> Hi, Frank,
>
> Ram pumps utilize momentum of falling water to lift a small fraction of
> total water flow (actual % moved uphill depends on lifting distance) and so
> are most appropriate to a steady, fairly considerable flow of water.
>
> Jack



  • Re: ram pumps, Marsha Hanzi, 11/03/1998

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