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Hydro Ram Water Power

Thu, 2007-09-06 06:40 — artc1

Has anyone ever heard of or used a hydro ram pump?
Great stuff! Uses stream power (about a ten foot drop) to pump water up hill over 100ft. Uses no electricity, wind, muscel or nuthin. I built my own for about $120.00 (Ca. prices).

Check this site:

http://outlands.tripod.com/farm/rampump.htm

ArtC1

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Yup, I have. Clever device

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rreidnauer
LHBA Member
Thu, 2007-09-06 12:46

Yup, I have. Clever device if you got enough flow to work with.

fluid power source?

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2 cents
LHBA Member
Fri, 2007-09-07 06:00

This is fascinating. Does the "fluid power source" have to be a flowing stream or creek?

2 cents

No, not really

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rreidnauer
LHBA Member
Fri, 2007-09-07 08:50

2 cents wrote:
This is fascinating. Does the "fluid power source" have to be a flowing stream or creek?

2 cents


You just need water pressure and enough volume. (in the case shown, it comes in the form of head, or water column, pressure) Just keep in mind, it takes a significantly larger amount of water to pump a small amount to the heights he mentions, but if your supply is endless, who cares.