brendon duffy

Ok awesome, thanks for the feedback - the holding tank would actually be a series of 4 5000L tanks in stepped arrangement  to allow any sediments to settle in the first. the feed from the pump to the tanks will be about 160m and the gravity feed pipes will be a main line of about 100m @ 50mm with several off-shoots.

This thought experiment was to determine if the system can self-regulate but its not a major train-smash to have to go start the pumps every day or two.

Hi all,

Couldn't find an answer to this specific question, hoping there's a ninja that can help - I had an idea for a closed gravity feed irrigation system with a ram pump.

What I don't know is, in reference to the attached image - if the gravity feed draws from the holding tank and creates vacuum suction on the pump end (being a closed system) - would this be able to start the ram pump up again?

Cheers!