water by gravity

Posts: 37

Location: australia

posted 14 years ago

Number of slices to send:

Optional 'thank-you' note:

Send

this dam services the chook houses and the orchard
using 1 -1/2 inch polypipe inserted by a ripper feed on the tractor
beware of poly risers as the pulling of the hose can snap them off
and don't forget to have some stop valves for such occasions
just over the wall of the dam is the first stop valve
and another just above the first outlet
just in case of pipe blow out or some shmuck ploughing /ripping/contouring over the pipe etc

http://gardenfarm.biz/topdam.htm

hardly ever leave the farm- don't want to- the internet saves me a million road, air and sea miles, provides at least 25 extra lifetimes, connects to friends who can stay on the subject, and gives me access to the brightest people conscious......
http://www.gardenfarm.biz

Tyler Ludens

pollinator

Posts: 11853

Location: Central Texas USA Latitude 30 Zone 8

1261

I like...

posted 14 years ago

Number of slices to send:

Optional 'thank-you' note:

Send

Looks like you got some real pressure there!

Idle dreamer

Walter Jeffries

Posts: 1114

Location: Mountains of Vermont, USDA Zone 3

posted 14 years ago

Number of slices to send:

Optional 'thank-you' note:

Send

We have gravity feed from our spring. Down to the old farm house we get a lot of pressure. Enough that I tried putting in a polytank for storage and turned a tube into a ball. Pretty wild. Then the fittings blew out!

I want to do microhydro. We have a lot of water and head.

Cheers

-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
Pastured Pigs, Sheep & Kids
in the mountains of Vermont
Read about our on-farm butcher shop project:
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/butchershop
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/csa

http://SugarMtnFarm.com

Attractive, successful people love this tiny ad:

2024 Permaculture Adventure Bundle

https://permies.com/w/bundle