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GOLD DUCK | 02-16-2009 08:45 PM
QWAK,Heads up on well pumps! QWAK,Just got this from my sister with the DAIRY FARM and it may be just the thing for many GIM people!:yes: http://www.naturalnews.com/025635.html the DUCK

Maxine | 02-16-2009 09:13 PM
Re: QWAK,Heads up on well pumps! Video? HISS! Duck Egg! I am finding there is more and more stuff on the net I just cannot access, due to dial up.:yes:

Quixote2 | 02-16-2009 09:22 PM
Re: QWAK,Heads up on well pumps! These are called "air lifts". Generally they require greater than 50% submergence or the water in the well must be deeper than the height to be pumped above the water level. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airlift_pump Some flow rates with 80% submergence (100 foot deep well with 80 ft water, 20 feet to water surface) (also requires a fair amount of air). http://www.geyserpump.com/airlift.htm I have used these in my engineering past, only where I needed a little boost to get the fluid over the hump without the complication of installing a pump.

GOLD DUCK | 02-16-2009 09:36 PM
Re: QWAK,Heads up on well pumps! Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxine (Post 1574158) Video? HISS! Duck Egg! I am finding there is more and more stuff on the net I just cannot access, due to dial up.:yes:
QWAK,Sorry about that Max:signs14: but the information is good to just know or keep on file. You would have injoyed the little dog with the waterhose!:yes::shine: From what I could tell it works like a JET PUMP just uses AIR insted of water for the JET and lift. I have seen similar things much smaller scale to run FILTERS on fish tanks!:yes: Could run the compressor off a wind mill I supose and the irigation pump off 12 volts from batteries and solar pannels.:yes: TOTALY OFF GRID!:yes::s9: the DUCK :15_1_70v:

IGrok | 02-16-2009 09:37 PM
Re: QWAK,Heads up on well pumps! I am soooo happy that my property came with a artesian well 450ft deep into the aquifer. It has its own head pressure of about 12psig. I use only a small jet pump to move the water around. During power outages I just jump around the pump and the house has water(at that same low pressure). Deep well pumps sound like a PITA.

CrufflerJJ | 02-17-2009 04:23 AM
Re: QWAK,Heads up on well pumps! Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxine (Post 1574158) Video? HISS! Duck Egg! I am finding there is more and more stuff on the net I just cannot access, due to dial up.:yes:
I'm also on dialup (at a blazing 28.8Kb!), and it can definitely be a pain. We can't get broadband at home, unless I want to drop a dozen or so trees to our southwest (some of which aren't on my property) to get a satellite modem. You CAN, however, watch Youtube videos, like the one linked in the well pump video. I use a website called KeepVid (www.keepvid.com) to download & save videos to my computer. Then you can use a FLV format file viewer to watch the videos. Painfully slow, but better than nothing on a video you really want to watch.

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