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windpump- vacuum or pump?
Saw Aermotor windpump. They are supposed to be able to pump water from hundreds of feet, right? Do they push water down into a well, then you use the water that comes up? Or can a mechanical pump actually suck water a vertical few hundred feet? Of course they work- they've been used for hundreds of years. It's just that I thought there was a limit of 50 feet or so that you could suck water vertically. Thanks!
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- Big DaddyLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
The pump is placed down into the water. It can then pump the water upward.
- 10 years ago
The pump pushes the water up, as "big daddy" said, the pump is at the bottom of the well, mechanically driven from the surface by a sucker rod. The pump it is neither a jet pump nor a suction pump.
Also, the maximum suction lift is around 30 rather than 50 ft. but you are correct that it is much less than "hundreds" of feet
- MezLv 610 years ago
As long as you can "prime" the suction hose attached to the pump (by filling it with water, assuming there is a one-way foot valve at the bottom), then piston pumps can lift water hundreds of feet.
Source(s): me and the piston pump I used to prime on the farm. - How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
