Hydrolic ram pump for guerillas

[guerilla]

Building a ram pump for stealthy small scale iraggation. It's been dry here...comparatively. ..an I actually needed to water this year[emoji24] .

So I did some research
http://www.judyofthewoods.net/diy/ram_pump.html#container

And a buch of others

Came up with this out of junk I had in garage! Uses marbles as stop valves. Gonna add a Ballon to pressure chamber. And a 1/8 irragation line out.

 

[tobe]

Hi guerilla
Nice pump , i hope all works good.
cu tobe

 

[hedgeraider]

fuck me, That's one green motherfucking country! we have most plants looking like papyrus this year, i would eat the entire garden if i was in a place that green. nice pump. Please explain the goal of it, because you have water higher up, to deliver to lower, why have a pump? it's a syphon? I finally got a water pump to some place with small plants that lost their big fan leaves put in 200l, 4 gallons per plant, i have little lithium batteries, 9 of 18650 batts that can run a 25 watt pump for over 3 hours safely, (lithium musnt over discharge( and a 12 quid pump from ebay valve one, and a filter made from bvottle and netting inside. i also have moisture detector relay switch but i didnt use it. fortunately i have other places with stalks bigger than a thumb so that's pretty hot.

 

[guerilla]

Not really a syphon. and yes its to pump water to a higher point.
It uses the water hammer effect to raise the pressure in pulses.
Water comes from supply into drive pipe. Tha water pressure forces the flapper valve closed, causing the hammer effect wich forces open valve to pressure chamber and filling with an amount off water. Once pressure is released the first valve opens and pressure in the chamber closes it's valve. The air pressure in the chamber then pumps the water up to ten times the drive line drop.
No power used and durable non critical design. Runs 24/7 365 for years. Miner used to use them here for prospecting and I've heard tell of old ram pumps still workin away in the middle of nowhere after being abandoned for years.

 

[hedgeraider]

Oh i was too stoned to think of checking YT. Wow that is totally cool, will probably have to build one for the mountains. For the moment my rig list is 24w water pump, 15$, motorbike battery 20$, 12v timer 7$, solar controller 7$. the water pump makes as much sound as a 500w drill. The ram pump is awesome.

 

[guerilla]

Two flapper valves $24c. Drive pipe $6c. T an elbow $10.
I've made a new an better version out of plumbing parts.
No batteries and makes a slight clicking sound like water on pebbles an rocks. ..Ie if set right in a good location no unnatural noise to attract attention.