This is just fantastic. I didn't "get it" until I saw it working, then the light bulb went on. In a grid-down situation you could screw a metal sunflower-shaped showerhead on there (the kind that's big and round with all the little holes) and have a fantastic shower! Cold, but clean. :) Plus being able to move this so far uphill is just fantastic. Thanks for taking all the time to document this as you went along!
I could hear the excitement in your voice, as you fired it up. I am happy that you now have all the water you should need for anything you want it for, and no electrical energy needed. Gr8 video. It would be interesting to see the storage tanks, and the pump when its all finished. I do know that there is more work doing all the little things to complete it... it all takes time. Thanks for sharing.
good video, i remember someone having one of these when i was a kid. as you say it ran 24-7 for years. i didn't realize one could buy the parts and build one, thanks again.
The great thing about a Tromp is that you can also get compressed air from the system if you had a larger container for the water/air section and have it burried... For each meter that you drop the water you get 40 meters in return... I watched a great video about this a few weeks ago where two farmers in New Zealand run their ENTIRE farm with a ram pump.... they irrigate, water animals and run compressed air tools and all for free... Limitless clean energy that can make petrolium fuels obsolete Bill Morrison states that you can get upwards of 1000 psi of limitless compressed provided you know how to distribute and reduce so that it is usable for tools.... Self Reliance is what America used to be about, our ancestors forged a nation with their own two hands and now that's practically illegal, its sick what we've become. Here's hoping more will follow and pursue these technologies... Semper Fidelis! God, Country, Corps!
You need 1 meter of fall for 40meters of height to get no more than 1/20th of the original volume per/hour. You could have had the culvert fill a plastic 55 gallon barrel to get even more pressure and just tapped out at near the bottom. Congratulations. It is a beautiful, successful project and Kudos to your mentor for being so supportive of you. I love it.
When you were stuck for words in another video I heard you comment on your lack of education, and in this series on your lack of math. It's quite amusing to hear someone with such a wealth of knowledge describing themselves in this way simply because they are not "Academically" educated. I have an MSc in comp science, but I would definitely say you are better and more practically educated than I am, and I thoroughly enjoy your videos and your humbleness. I would like to ask if increasing the pipe sizes would serve to increase the pressure? Also if increasing the plastic pipe with say a more tank like structure would increase the pressure. Another idea I would like to ask is given the water is pumped free 24/7, and has no problem filling your 500G water tanks, with capacity to spare. Why would you not consider running a simple water mill from it and attaching a small power generator? It would certainty make for a very interesting project and you would effectively have a free off grid power source.
Archimedes Screw to the vertical shaft rescue! And this was very good work. Mother Earth News back in the '70's (and they are online now) did a book on "Homemade Power" that was worth it. Especially with methane generation.
I love this. I think I watched his video a year ago and as soon as I get the garden in I am doing this. I hope all the details are in these vids between yours and his. I can't hardly believe you are getting that much head. Amazing !
Ir would be great if you give some information about the pump such as: what is the altitude difference source water (between that wooden barrier and the pump), what is the altitude between the pump and the highest water supply point and the most interesting data is how many litters per minute you give at that poing. It is also interesting to know how many liters per minute of water is spilled at the pump and how many is delivered as useful on the end of a supply line. Greetings
great job! Now I started to build one too.I'm in the process of buying the stuf needed.I hope to come soon with a video of working rampump. Thank you for posting this
Came back to revisit this series after you posted the videos about your new baby pump from Seth. Hard to believe this was over 4 years ago! Still a great series.
Ram pumps are such a great idea, I can sit by them and marvel for hours. The best ideas are always the simple ones. Some ram pumps have ran for over one hundred years without any maintenance.
I love that this thing is basically text-book example of a boost convert, just running on water instead of electricity ^_^ The pipe leading in is the coil. the first check valve is the switcher. The 2nd check valve is the diode. The noodle-pipe is the capacitor.
To capture the water coming out of the large metal pipe - how about digging a hole in the ground below for a catch basin - say, 1/2 of a plastic 55 gal drum? then install your take-off pipe to that. Or a more square plastic tub like what you might find in an RV.
The PT wood is great under footings and in places where in contact with the ground but I would be cautious with using it in your water system or your garden because it is soaked in pesticides and petrochemicals. I use the posts but not directly in the beds because as you know the wood is like a sponge and PT is a chemical sponge. Redwood and cedar are awesome at lasting for many years. Love the ram pump. It's brillant.
This is the exactly the video I've been looking for. I want to make some sort of areator for my new pond. Will you please send me a parts list for this pump? If you don't want to do this I would be happy that buy the parts from you. Thanks a lot for this video. I think it will solve my problem. I should mention I want to build it myself.
That's excellent, Vaisnava Prabhu. I will let people know about this ingenious device. Whole nations can benefit from this, particularly Saharan desert countries.
I will have to hook one of these up on our farm. My father and I built a damn 15 years ago on our creek and would be perfect for one of these little pumps.
Store enough water in 2 large tanks and start making electricity via gravity turbine feed. Another use of free water. Great video mate. Many thanks for teaching. Could you draw or explain what is the grreen plastic or rubber in the PVC pump and how its positioned inside.
For those electronically inclined, one good explanation I have for this Ram Pump is an analogy with the Tesla Coil. In a Tesla coil circuit, energy is built up into a capacitor and when the capacitor voltage is high enough it suddenly discharge into that Tesla coil and generate huge voltage spike in the 10's of thousands of volts. The voltage being the analogy with the water head output of the Ram Pump. In the Ram Pump the "Capacitor" is the long input pipe in which the water build up velocity ( the kinetic energy ) only to be discharged into the vertical reservoir, where the pressure is building up to push that water uphill. The reservoir acting as the Tesla Coil. Just a thought.
If you had 4" coming out of the culvert and stepped down a size every length, you would make use of the gravity to increase pressure coming into the pump, Thats how the oldtime strip mines used to build pressure.You could get possibly 50 pounds out. Nice video, very informative. Thanks.
Great vid! 👍If you can t, can you please , send me every single part that I ll need to build one for my self? I really need this kind for my property. Thank you!
Great video - well done, well edited, and good explanation. (Your friend Steve, in Happy Valley, shared this with me when we were at their house last Thursday.)
Thanks very much for sharing. It is great idea and very useful for remote village. Can you or anyone kindly share the book(s) or documents on this subject? Please.
@Jeremy Horn: That water is the "waste" - that is to say, the water that is giving up its kinetic energy to make the pump work. Ideally, you'd just route that output back to wherever the source flows. Once W* puts in the concrete pad, he could catch that output and make it spout back into the stream that the culvert was originally flowing into.
Interesting thought... I wonder what the previous owner did to get water and feed the livestock that might have once inhabited those outbuildings. It took you only three hours.... I recommend Joys of Gardening by Dick Raymond. I have two books by this gentleman. They are easy read but VERY informative.
I thought of an idea for catching the water that spills out and becomes "waste" water. What if we put a catch basin under it and slightly elevate it. Then we can make a hole in the bottom and run a return line back DOWN hill to the original source of water so it just finds its way back up the line again and is ultimately not wasted. I don't have a source of water near me, moving OR still, that's close enough to go this test myself. I also live in the NORTHEASTERN USA in New Hampshire so I am sure that MY water would freeze in the pipes on the way to my area of need for the water. Lee
Brilliant work, you've done a great job, take a look at my ram pumps i've been making. Hoping to set one up in a stream soon. Steel pipe works best, but its so expensive over here in the UK. These pumps were invented in the UK by a guy called whitehurst later improved by Joseph Montgolfier in France.
wrangler don't know if ur still around ,, but if u stop up culvert or plug it up more or make it flow into a 55 gallon drum then install ur filler pipe u would make more pressure on pump because of the hydrostatic effect thus incressing output pressure and volumn
Steve did you ever look into this? I am thinking this for off grid electricity. Tank drop, ram pump back up to tank. Now in there a turbine in line some where. Spin a alternator to batteries and invert-er. I am serious about this continuous run to produce power.
An ideal "project" for you Cody! .... A Check valve can be made with a ball bearing! Takes Many years for that to wear out (I have seen one in the UK still going after 100 years!0
hey cody. I'm getting ready to build this ram pump!!! incredible!!! I've been watching a lot of your videos lately. Do you have running water in your home? PS loved the song choice at the beginning of the video
perfect timing...I just finished watching pt.1! Keep the great vids coming, and you're right.....Engineeer775 is on another level. He comes up with some pretty innovative stuff.
Nice, I have never put one together, I'm a forensic engineer, so I made a clip of your material layout. Also a survivalist, so I am ready...... But it would be easier if your guy had made a list of a parts list. But one thing I noticed you had (I think) only a small hydraulic differential from the outlet of your spring water supply to the ram pump. How much was it? I have seen many of these in the outback, but mostly for cattle, and they were not home-made. I like the setup and will try it.
So in order for this to work constantly and over different lengths I would need. Water height for head pressure the Ram Pump and then I could pump into another tank say 15' high to make it pump to another area. One thing I didn't get. What was that green foam stuff for in the Poly Pipe please. I know WS talked about it but I didn't get what it was for sorry. What happens if it isn't there? Thanks for the time and showing it working too WS. Cheers and Best wishes to one and all - David
Great pump but I think you're guessing high on your pumped head (VERY easy to do). One atmosphere is about 15.7 psi and is equal to about 33 feet of head so for every 1 psi of pressure on your gauge you're pumping about 2 feet of head. Just double your gauge pressure to figure your approx.head in feet. That doesn't mean it won't pump more pressure just that that's all it takes to get it to run to your outlet. If you raise your outlet 2 feet it will increase your pressure 1 psi.
now i think i am going to get me some the same stuff and try and see if this would work with aquaponics, if the waste valve could put the water back into the main tank rather than just hitting the ground.
Nicely done bro! So that's great you store water from a moving water source far away from your house. With 269 comments I don't have time to look over all of them so perhaps sometime in the next year or 2 you might find time to answer me back but ... How do you keep the water (once it's stored) from getting stale or growing mildew or mold and remain potable or drinkable? Thanks again buddy.
That chamber is normally filled with air, but over time the air is absorbed into the water and the chamber will eventually get filled with water completely which will make it stop pumping. There are ways to prevent this usually by stuffing it with foam material or a bladder that holds air.
Amazing isn't it? A little ingenuity and you end up with "free water". I realize it cost $375? For the years it will last though, I see it as a good investment!! I made some rain barrels years ago for my gardens. Other than a little winterizing, they are practically maintenance free. Enjoy the garden!!
Great video! Can you tell us what is the head of the delivery pipe in relation to the head of the feed pipe? I mean how many feet is vertically from the culvert (source point) to the ram pump, and then how many feet vertivally from the pump to your garden?
Just FYI: the culvert is not aluminum, it's galvanized steel. I'm not sure that changes anything, other than that you will not want to weld or solder on it. The zinc will become vapor and can poison you terribly.
This is a very clever pump. How much head do you need upstream of the pump compared to where you want to pump it to. Does it need to be higher than the end of the pipe?
Depends on the head 200 ft, is certainly possible.. Say 20' head. But you don't want 200' drive pipe. 5 to 1 ratio. If source 150' away run pipe 50' level to top of a barrel. Bulk head fitting in bottom of same.Need 12" of water minimum above intake of drive pipe..It's all about weight of water.
Do you think you'd get a faster flow rate if the air chamber was shorter. Less time to compress the volume of air. Just thinking. Cool design tho. Never would of thought that. I'm a plumber
Hey wrangler, became a big fan because your off-grid water system! Amazing work on your ram pump! Just a quick question--- you connected it to the stormwater/waste water and you're sourcing that grey water for your irrigation. Won't it cause problem with your crops? Some of the storm water flowing off those drainage pipes have mixtures of car soap and all.
This is just fantastic. I didn't "get it" until I saw it working, then the light bulb went on. In a grid-down situation you could screw a metal sunflower-shaped showerhead on there (the kind that's big and round with all the little holes) and have a fantastic shower! Cold, but clean. :) Plus being able to move this so far uphill is just fantastic. Thanks for taking all the time to document this as you went along!
I could hear the excitement in your voice, as you fired it up. I am happy that you now have all the water you should need for anything you want it for, and no electrical energy needed. Gr8 video. It would be interesting to see the storage tanks, and the pump when its all finished. I do know that there is more work doing all the little things to complete it... it all takes time. Thanks for sharing.
good video, i remember someone having one of these when i was a kid. as you say it ran 24-7 for years. i didn't realize one could buy the parts and build one, thanks again.
The great thing about a Tromp is that you can also get compressed air from the system if you had a larger container for the water/air section and have it burried... For each meter that you drop the water you get 40 meters in return... I watched a great video about this a few weeks ago where two farmers in New Zealand run their ENTIRE farm with a ram pump.... they irrigate, water animals and run compressed air tools and all for free... Limitless clean energy that can make petrolium fuels obsolete Bill Morrison states that you can get upwards of 1000 psi of limitless compressed provided you know how to distribute and reduce so that it is usable for tools.... Self Reliance is what America used to be about, our ancestors forged a nation with their own two hands and now that's practically illegal, its sick what we've become. Here's hoping more will follow and pursue these technologies... Semper Fidelis! God, Country, Corps!
here here !!!
You need 1 meter of fall for 40meters of height to get no more than 1/20th of the original volume per/hour. You could have had the culvert fill a plastic 55 gallon barrel to get even more pressure and just tapped out at near the bottom. Congratulations. It is a beautiful, successful project and Kudos to your mentor for being so supportive of you. I love it.
Being a "water guy" myself the only issue I see is the lack of a screen at your source. Easily fixed. Awesome vid.
This was one of the most useful things I have ever seen. Thanks for posting this! I have a pond and can now see how to put the run off to use!
When you were stuck for words in another video I heard you comment on your lack of education, and in this series on your lack of math. It's quite amusing to hear someone with such a wealth of knowledge describing themselves in this way simply because they are not "Academically" educated. I have an MSc in comp science, but I would definitely say you are better and more practically educated than I am, and I thoroughly enjoy your videos and your humbleness.
I would like to ask if increasing the pipe sizes would serve to increase the pressure? Also if increasing the plastic pipe with say a more tank like structure would increase the pressure.
Another idea I would like to ask is given the water is pumped free 24/7, and has no problem filling your 500G water tanks, with capacity to spare. Why would you not consider running a simple water mill from it and attaching a small power generator? It would certainty make for a very interesting project and you would effectively have a free off grid power source.
Archimedes Screw to the vertical shaft rescue!
And this was very good work.
Mother Earth News back in the '70's (and they are online now) did a book on "Homemade Power" that was worth it. Especially with methane generation.
very well explained mate. you made it easier to understand. wow what a wonder construction. thank you
You are very smart .I love your work.This is exactly what I want for my land.
I love this. I think I watched his video a year ago and as soon as I get the garden in I am doing this. I hope all the details are in these vids between yours and his. I can't hardly believe you are getting that much head. Amazing !
Ir would be great if you give some information about the pump such as: what is the altitude difference source water (between that wooden barrier and the pump), what is the altitude between the pump and the highest water supply point and the most interesting data is how many litters per minute you give at that poing.
It is also interesting to know how many liters per minute of water is spilled at the
pump and how many is delivered as useful on the end of a supply line.
Greetings
great job! Now I started to build one too.I'm in the process of buying the stuf needed.I hope to come soon with a video of working rampump. Thank you for posting this
Came back to revisit this series after you posted the videos about your new baby pump from Seth. Hard to believe this was over 4 years ago! Still a great series.
Ram pumps are such a great idea, I can sit by them and marvel for hours. The best ideas are always the simple ones. Some ram pumps have ran for over one hundred years without any maintenance.
Thanks for sharing the info. Important device,
wow thats really clever stuff, old tech. Lots of clever old things you can do that we've just about forgotten about like this.
I love that this thing is basically text-book example of a boost convert, just running on water instead of electricity ^_^
The pipe leading in is the coil.
the first check valve is the switcher.
The 2nd check valve is the diode.
The noodle-pipe is the capacitor.
Patrick Hansen I like the way you think electricity is often analogous to water
$150 for water delivered where you need it! Thanks for the great video and thanks to engineer 775 too.
To capture the water coming out of the large metal pipe - how about digging a hole in the ground below for a catch basin - say, 1/2 of a plastic 55 gal drum? then install your take-off pipe to that. Or a more square plastic tub like what you might find in an RV.
The PT wood is great under footings and in places where in contact with the ground but I would be cautious with using it in your water system or your garden because it is soaked in pesticides and petrochemicals. I use the posts but not directly in the beds because as you know the wood is like a sponge and PT is a chemical sponge. Redwood and cedar are awesome at lasting for many years. Love the ram pump. It's brillant.
This is the exactly the video I've been looking for. I want to make some sort of areator for my new pond. Will you please send me a parts list for this pump? If you don't want to do this I would be happy that buy the parts from you. Thanks a lot for this video. I think it will solve my problem. I should mention I want to build it myself.
That's excellent, Vaisnava Prabhu. I will let people know about this ingenious device. Whole nations can benefit from this, particularly Saharan desert countries.
Just FYI the culvert is aluminum
Thanks... This is great and I plan to use this system on my property.
I will have to hook one of these up on our farm. My father and I built a damn 15 years ago on our creek and would be perfect for one of these little pumps.
That's awesome Cody... I'm happy for you! Thanks for sharing your projects with us.
Store enough water in 2 large tanks and start making electricity via gravity turbine feed. Another use of free water. Great video mate. Many thanks for teaching. Could you draw or explain what is the grreen plastic or rubber in the PVC pump and how its positioned inside.
love the pump and love the open carry glock!
Simple works best. That system will give you some great options!
Nice one. That was very smart. Thank you for sharing.
For those electronically inclined, one good explanation I have for this Ram Pump is an analogy with the Tesla Coil. In a Tesla coil circuit, energy is built up into a capacitor and when the capacitor voltage is high enough it suddenly discharge into that Tesla coil and generate huge voltage spike in the 10's of thousands of volts. The voltage being the analogy with the water head output of the Ram Pump. In the Ram Pump the "Capacitor" is the long input pipe in which the water build up velocity ( the kinetic energy ) only to be discharged into the vertical reservoir, where the pressure is building up to push that water uphill. The reservoir acting as the Tesla Coil. Just a thought.
I have never seen or heard of anything like that, it is amazing!! What a wonderful invention, thanks for sharing .
A pump that runs on pressurization, with under pressure as the theme song! awesome little touch.
Awesome! none of it made sense until you said "the water has energy" eureka moment!
If you had 4" coming out of the culvert and stepped down a size every length, you would make use of the gravity to increase pressure coming into the pump, Thats how the oldtime strip mines used to build pressure.You could get possibly 50 pounds out. Nice video, very informative. Thanks.
Love your videos sir! I really enjoy learning all the great information that you have to offer!
Super cool, your one step closer! Good Job!
Thank you and disregard my previous questions about this ram pump.
Great vid! 👍If you can t, can you please , send me every single part that I ll need to build one for my self? I really need this kind for my property.
Thank you!
Wow, very nice work! I applaud your work! :)
Thank you very much for explaining the principles, and concept, of the ram pump - made totally sense :)
Crazy good vid!!! You again amaze me with your drive and hard work!!! Great job and keep the great updates coming!!
Great video - well done, well edited, and good explanation.
(Your friend Steve, in Happy Valley, shared this with me when we were at their house last Thursday.)
just feels like a few transistors, a capacitor and some logic to me. i might see if i cant get one running once all the snow melts
used the electric well pump
Thanks very much for sharing. It is great idea and very useful for remote village. Can you or anyone kindly share the book(s) or documents on this subject? Please.
Damn with clear explanations like this defuzifying it all it makes me wanna try it myself :)
Thank you Sir. , you just made my day :) God bless
@Jeremy Horn: That water is the "waste" - that is to say, the water that is giving up its kinetic energy to make the pump work. Ideally, you'd just route that output back to wherever the source flows. Once W* puts in the concrete pad, he could catch that output and make it spout back into the stream that the culvert was originally flowing into.
Interesting thought... I wonder what the previous owner did to get water and feed the livestock that might have once inhabited those outbuildings. It took you only three hours....
I recommend Joys of Gardening by Dick Raymond. I have two books by this gentleman. They are easy read but VERY informative.
Mr. Wranglerstar you captivate me on every video
I thought of an idea for catching the water that spills out and becomes "waste" water. What if we put a catch basin under it and slightly elevate it. Then we can make a hole in the bottom and run a return line back DOWN hill to the original source of water so it just finds its way back up the line again and is ultimately not wasted. I don't have a source of water near me, moving OR still, that's close enough to go this test myself. I also live in the NORTHEASTERN USA in New Hampshire so I am sure that MY water would freeze in the pipes on the way to my area of need for the water.
Lee
Brilliant work, you've done a great job, take a look at my ram pumps i've been making. Hoping to set one up in a stream soon. Steel pipe works best, but its so expensive over here in the UK. These pumps were invented in the UK by a guy called whitehurst later improved by Joseph Montgolfier in France.
Great Video, thanks
wrangler don't know if ur still around ,, but if u stop up culvert or plug it up more or make it flow into a 55 gallon drum then install ur filler pipe u would make more pressure on pump because of the hydrostatic effect thus incressing output pressure and volumn
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Nice work Cody, We are doing the research and looking to get off grid at some point. Greetings from Washington state!
I wonder if a ram pump could be used to run an alternator to charge batteries for a 12 volt system?
Steve did you ever look into this? I am thinking this for off grid electricity. Tank drop, ram pump back up to tank. Now in there a turbine in line some where. Spin a alternator to batteries and invert-er. I am serious about this continuous run to produce power.
This is amazing . What a cool piece of technology
An ideal "project" for you Cody! .... A Check valve can be made with a ball bearing! Takes Many years for that to wear out (I have seen one in the UK still going after 100 years!0
Not only is it $150 pump any parts that can fail (check valves) are replaced for under $50, really nice project.Will you just drain it in the winter?
hey cody. I'm getting ready to build this ram pump!!! incredible!!! I've been watching a lot of your videos lately. Do you have running water in your home? PS loved the song choice at the beginning of the video
Awesome video!
That would be an awesome way to cool a computer. No radiator necessary, just a constant source of cool water.
perfect timing...I just finished watching pt.1! Keep the great vids coming, and you're right.....Engineeer775 is on another level. He comes up with some pretty innovative stuff.
Nice, I have never put one together, I'm a forensic engineer, so I made a clip of your material layout. Also a survivalist, so I am ready...... But it would be easier if your guy had made a list of a parts list. But one thing I noticed you had (I think) only a small hydraulic differential from the outlet of your spring water supply to the ram pump. How much was it? I have seen many of these in the outback, but mostly for cattle, and they were not home-made. I like the setup and will try it.
So in order for this to work constantly and over different lengths I would need. Water height for head pressure the Ram Pump and then I could pump into another tank say 15' high to make it pump to another area.
One thing I didn't get. What was that green foam stuff for in the Poly Pipe please. I know WS talked about it but I didn't get what it was for sorry. What happens if it isn't there? Thanks for the time and showing it working too WS. Cheers and Best wishes to one and all - David
Absolutely Brilliant, thankyou for sharing with us..keep up the good work.
Thanks for sharing.
This video is my fav of all your work
The water coming out by the expansion chamber, could that be captured and re-purposed rather than go to waste?
Neat idea though.
Great pump but I think you're guessing high on your pumped head (VERY easy to do). One atmosphere is about 15.7 psi and is equal to about 33 feet of head so for every 1 psi of pressure on your gauge you're pumping about 2 feet of head. Just double your gauge pressure to figure your approx.head in feet. That doesn't mean it won't pump more pressure just that that's all it takes to get it to run to your outlet. If you raise your outlet 2 feet it will increase your pressure 1 psi.
Amazing! You Sir are a bad ass!!
Sooo COOL -- Nice work!! 👍
Thank you! This is exactly what I need at our budding homestead. Is there a parts list published somewhere that I can take in to the hardware store?
Very interesting. I have use for this! Thanks.
now i think i am going to get me some the same stuff and try and see if this would work with aquaponics, if the waste valve could put the water back into the main tank rather than just hitting the ground.
thats cool. I wonder if changing the length and diameter of the expansion chamber would increase flow and pressure at the end of the run?
Truly wonderful, but what is the purpose of putting foam in the compression chamber and is that a critical element to the pump working?
Great intro music🤠
Nicely done bro! So that's great you store water from a moving water source far away from your house. With 269 comments I don't have time to look over all of them so perhaps sometime in the next year or 2 you might find time to answer me back but ... How do you keep the water (once it's stored) from getting stale or growing mildew or mold and remain potable or drinkable?
Thanks again buddy.
bravo, what a great system
God bless Engineer 775, and Wranglerstar!
That chamber is normally filled with air, but over time the air is absorbed into the water and the chamber will eventually get filled with water completely which will make it stop pumping. There are ways to prevent this usually by stuffing it with foam material or a bladder that holds air.
Amazing isn't it? A little ingenuity and you end up with "free water". I realize it cost $375? For the years it will last though, I see it as a good investment!! I made some rain barrels years ago for my gardens. Other than a little winterizing, they are practically maintenance free. Enjoy the garden!!
Gotta love the pistol at 1:08 while you're cutting wood. Are bears a problem in your area?
Too awesome! Is this a summer only pump or will you use it during the winter months as well?
Great video! Can you tell us what is the head of the delivery pipe in relation to the head of the feed pipe? I mean how many feet is vertically from the culvert (source point) to the ram pump, and then how many feet vertivally from the pump to your garden?
Just FYI: the culvert is not aluminum, it's galvanized steel. I'm not sure that changes anything, other than that you will not want to weld or solder on it. The zinc will become vapor and can poison you terribly.
This is a very clever pump.
How much head do you need upstream of the pump compared to where you want to pump it to. Does it need to be higher than the end of the pipe?
Depends on the head 200 ft, is certainly possible.. Say 20' head. But you don't want 200' drive pipe. 5 to 1 ratio. If source 150' away run pipe 50' level to top of a barrel. Bulk head fitting in bottom of same.Need 12" of water minimum above intake of drive pipe..It's all about weight of water.
Do you think you'd get a faster flow rate if the air chamber was shorter. Less time to compress the volume of air. Just thinking. Cool design tho. Never would of thought that. I'm a plumber
This is very fascinating. How long do the check valves last without wearing out if they run all the time?
Interesting, a low tech pump that works, just wonder how long the check valves will last.
Good job this is great.
Amazing thank you very much for sharing ..
Good info! However, one atmosphere is 14.7 psi @ sea level ( not 15.7 ).
this is similar to your lymphatic system. in your leg you have valves to close so blood doesn't back track on its way back to chest.
an expansion vessel would work well here the air is kept separate with a rubber bladder
and there reasonably cheap
Hey wrangler, became a big fan because your off-grid water system! Amazing work on your ram pump! Just a quick question--- you connected it to the stormwater/waste water and you're sourcing that grey water for your irrigation. Won't it cause problem with your crops? Some of the storm water flowing off those drainage pipes have mixtures of car soap and all.