"Hundreds of years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in or the type of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that it becomes a tourist destination"
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Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions. Mark Twain
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Don't fall for the My-Place-Is-Special, It-Won't-Happen-Here Syndrome.
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Lorinne Anderson: Specializing in sick, injured, orphaned and problem wildlife for over 20 years.
John Daley Bendigo, Australia
The Enemy of progress is the hope of a perfect plan
Benefits of rainfall collection https://permies.com/t/88043/benefits-rainfall-collection
John Daley Bendigo, Australia
The Enemy of progress is the hope of a perfect plan
Benefits of rainfall collection https://permies.com/t/88043/benefits-rainfall-collection
John C Daley wrote:You need running water to operate a water ram.
Janet Reed wrote:
John C Daley wrote:You need running water to operate a water ram.
True.
There’s a very large water ram here that has run since before I was born...it is fed by a pipe from a huge beaver pond. Gravity pushes the water through the pipe from the pond to this ram and fills it. Then the ram pushes the water uphill to 3 houses. I love the swooshing sounds of that ram working.
Terrain makes a difference obviously.
John Daley Bendigo, Australia
The Enemy of progress is the hope of a perfect plan
Benefits of rainfall collection https://permies.com/t/88043/benefits-rainfall-collection
John C Daley wrote:You dont need to be an Engineer to see that a water ram works very well.
I am in Australia, and know little of Beaver dams.
I realise now that there is running water from them.
A water ram will work there.
The flow rate is vry small, but thats not an issue, if it goes 24 /7 a lot of water will be moved.
It would be necessary to have a large tank at the house, 5000 gallons at lest to ensure you have enough water when you use it.
I have seen some charts for pipe and ram sizing , I will look around.
Maybe even search the permies site.
Lorinne Anderson: Specializing in sick, injured, orphaned and problem wildlife for over 20 years.
Lorinne Anderson: Specializing in sick, injured, orphaned and problem wildlife for over 20 years.
Rebecca Hyde wrote:Why is it easier to push water than to pull it?
"Hundreds of years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in or the type of car I drove... But the world may be different because I did something so bafflingly crazy that it becomes a tourist destination"
John Daley Bendigo, Australia
The Enemy of progress is the hope of a perfect plan
Benefits of rainfall collection https://permies.com/t/88043/benefits-rainfall-collection