Powerless water pump

[camper4lyfe]

I fell down the YouTube black hole this morning and came across something I'd never heard of: ram pumps. With just a small amount of head pressure, you can pump water without any external power.

[Cgrutt]

That is super cool. Have a friend that has a camp with gravity fed water source from up hill stream. Definitely going to show him this. Thanks.

[camper4lyfe]

I really want to make one just for Peshittas and giggles (and I probably will at some point), but I'd love to have an application for it to apply it to.

[Norm DeGuerre]

I built one at my ex-girlfriends camp it pumps from a Seep to a Pond You need at least 10' of head to make them work u-tube is full of vid's on this

[camper4lyfe]

I built one at my ex-girlfriends camp it pumps from a Seep to a Pond You need at least 10' of head to make them work u-tube is full of vid's on this

The head requirements really depend on the size of the system. The video I posted is running on only 5 or 6' of head.

[Norm DeGuerre]

yea, but you are only able to pump ounces of water per cycle at that ^P
5 psi is enough to overcome some length of discharge piping, as well as some discharge lift

[camper4lyfe]

yea, but you are only able to pump ounces of water per cycle at that ^P
5 psi is enough to overcome some length of discharge piping, as well as some discharge lift

Right, but like I said, it really depends on system requirements.