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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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