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Gravity-fed Hydraulic Ram Pump (off grid water pump)
« on: May 27, 2015, 06:36:47 PM »
Saw these and thought of Don's bug out property and springs... then was suggested to start a standalone thread.

These videos are produced by Wranglerstar on youtube, who's a modern homesteader.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG0laNqJWY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFZYD05I29s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpClMTWtqXg

Gravity fed Hydraulic Ram pump providing presurized water from spring

I think the hardest part would be keeping the pipes/pumps/impellers/valves etc clean from debris in the original water source. Seems like folks like to build a dam of sorts, and then screen/filter the water before it enters their systems.

Obviously, for this to work, you've got to have elevation differential from the water source to be able to built gravity induced pressure. That water throughput, with pressure, can then either drive an electric generator (21st century water wheel), or be used to feed a ram pump, which then delivers a reduced quantity of water back uphill to an alternate location.
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Re: Gravity-fed Hydraulic Ram Pump (off grid water pump)
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2015, 08:13:49 PM »
I was looking at micro hydro power, but based on this article, I think I'm wasting my time.  I don't have enough water flow to make it practical.
http://www.homepower.com/articles/microhydro-power/design-installation/microhydro-measure-first-reap-bounty
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