Re: Lifting water 16 feet.

[RicodJour]

We want to lift 200-300 gallons a day 16', into an attic storage

> tank that is ~ 200-300 gallons, from a rain fed cistern. > I need to spec the pump, preferably 12Volt, so I needs Watts > and current. > All we need is round figures, due to inherent inefficiencies. > > 1 gallon weighs 10#'s =A0 , =A0 (# is the pound symbol). > > 1 hp ~ 1000 Watts ~ 500 foot # / sec > > 100,000 secs in a day > > Lets take 250 gallons up 16'/day, that's about 40000ft #/day. > (16' x 250 gallons x 10#/gallon =3D 40000 ft # /day). > > Now what I do is convert to ft #/sec by dividing by 100,000 > to get 4/10 ft # /sec. > > =A0From the 4/10 ft #/sec I can convert to hp & Watts using the > above, (1kw =3D 500 ft#/sec) to get, > > 0.4 / 500 =3D 0.0008 hp =3D 0.8 watts . > > Watts =3D Volts x Current, so now I go to 12 volts and get a > Current of 60 milliamps. > > I'm wondering about using solar energy to power the pumper. > Thanks, (anyone who cares to correct is certainly welcome). > Ken

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[Warm Worm]

Doing any solar cooking yet?

[Warm Worm]

VERY FUNNY, KEN! ;)

I like racoons.

[creative1986]

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A raccoon just cost me $200 and almost the life of one of my best friends. Either him or his sidekick 'possum. I'm gunnin 4 them fukkah's.

[Warm Worm]

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Ah come on. They've been there a lot longer than you have. You're the member of an introduced species, as in, "Don, I'd like you to meed Racoon; Racoon, Don." But ok, I think you're probably just talking in metaphor or whatever the word is that describes it. Some might say you talk like some straight chicks and that's why they have a hard time understanding them. ;D

[Warm Worm]

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Ok so you don't eat cooked when it's cloudy/drizzly. It's called sacrifice. Just set aside extra beef jerky and fruit strips for the rainy season.

[Warm Worm]

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Ok so you don't eat cooked when it's cloudy/drizzly. It's called sacrifice. Just set aside extra beef jerky and fruit strips for the rainy season.

[Warm Worm]

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Ok so you don't eat cooked when it's cloudy/drizzly. It's called sacrifice. Just set aside extra beef jerky and fruit strips for the rainy season.

[creative1986]

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In all things I try to find my role in the thing, and possibly improve all the way around. It was actually MY fault, thus the $200 expense was part of the tuition for my lifelong class on life. One of my muttz chowed down on something in the yard while under my watch. It made her deathly ill in just a couple days. I was unable to seek outside assistance in an expedient time frame, which was mandatory, so I drew upon my wit and cunning abilities to pull her through. When I did finally attain outside assistance 9 days later the specialist was astounded by what I had done. I just did what I knew had to be done. None the less all members of the rodentia class are on alert that their nasty behaviors are being closely scrutinized around here. :-)

[Warm Worm]

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I wonder why wolves don't get sick eating stuff they shouldn't (assuming they don't-- maybe they do) and if we've somehow breeded that capacity out of them. What's for dinner?