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  • From: clhw AT InfoAve.Net (clhw)
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Ram pump rules of thumb
  • Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:13:15 -0400

Bev -- I can find some.
Should I forward them to you privately or to the list?
I ran a search on my Tvoivizhd mail box and I've found a couple.

>Tvo used to have multiple link posts regarding ram pumps. Did anyone
>archive that?
>
>Bev
>
>Don Bowen wrote:
>> I know Gene is looking into Ram pumps and I think several others may be
>> interested. Today I looked at some home made ram pumps, made from plumbing
>> parts. These would be good to experiment with. The name is:
>> Erosion Free Water Rams
>> Don Price
>> 563-519-0248
>>
>> He said that a ram needs a minimum of three feet of fall. Lift water is
>> proportional to fall. For 10 feet of fall, if lift is 50 feet, the output
>> will be 1/5 the input water, for 100 feet the output water will be 1/10 the
>> input water. Five feet of fall will be half that and three feet will be
>> one third, 20 feet of fall will be double and so on.
>>
>>
>> Don Bowen Awl Knotted Up KI6DIU
>> http://www.braingarage.com
>> My travel journal
>> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
>>
>> I am omnivagant.
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