Plastic Hydraulic ram pump

Here's a 1 inch ram pump. Its made almost entirely out of freely available plastic fittings,(Off Ebay). The only non plastic part is the impetus valve that is a brass swing gate valve. The cost of this pump is under £50.00, and as you can see it works great. If you are making one yourself make sure you get the snifter valve valve right, it needs to be a tiny hole with a pin or tiny nail in it to just allow a very small amount of air to be drawn in on each stroke. Plastic drive pipes work okay but a steel pipe is far better in fact 4 times better at transmitting the shock wave. This pump in fact lifted water 50 ft up with a 7 ft head, if it were steel this could be as much as 200ft. Great devices and a fun thing to build.

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[mtororuiz]

considering that the resevoir and the wall are at the same height its not very impressive, without the pump it would still seek its level above the wall

[Dieseljonnyboy]

@mtororuiz Actually the reservoir was lower then the wall, i don't remember seeing you there, later i used the pump to lift water up to the roof of the house. These pumps have been in use for over two hundred years.

[andreacuteful]

wow, you have a nice beautiful house! I wish one day I could have one.

[Dieseljonnyboy]

@andreacuteful Sadly not mine! i'm a mere mortal just like you!! I do get to work there which is great.

[Dieseljonnyboy]

Hi,

Could do with a bit more info. Sounds like your impulse valve is not working properly. I use two different valves; a spring check valve for the non return valve and a swing check valve for the impulse valve. There can be a fair bit of trial and error in setting these things up. I'm no expert, but give me some more info on supply etc, can you post a video og your pump and we can have a better look at whats going on.

[kidscharles]

im inspired!

[mroldfartful]

great video explains this type of pump just fine. I believe the following equation works out all the required variables: 0.6 x Q x F/E = D

Q is the available drive flow in gallons per minute, F is the fall in feet from the water source to the ram, E is the elevation from the ram to the water outlet, and D is the flow rate of the delivery water in gallons per minute. 0.6 is an efficiency factor and will differ somewhat between various ram pumps.

Once again nice video .. thanks buddy

[sensibuddz]

@parasitesarefunny the decorations were painted on the walls after they were used as pumps? i'm open to other interpretations but i've seen that shit painted and carved into the walls. i didn't see any water erosion either, just square cuts mostly.

[parasitesarefunny]

@sensibuddz

A sarcophagus? ROFLMAO! Just because there is a LARGE undecorated square stone box does not mean its sarcophagus. You are to funny. Stop swallowing the bullshit you are fed. Pyramids have never held dead bodies nor ever had decorations of any kind. They are industrial creations. Let me guess, when the Nile was at the base of the Great Pyramid & flooded the bottom of the Pyramid you still fall for their "professional" bullshit about a Library down there? roflmao!

[sensibuddz]

@parasitesarefunny why did they put a sarcophagus in a ram pump?