Posted by z on July 19, 2010, 10:56 pm
A buddy of mine just bought some land just off the coast that has low
water in the summer. He's got a few wells down about 100 feet
(elivation) below his house for stock water and we're thinking about
putting together a windmill pump to fill his water tank during the dry
season.
At this point we were just drinking a few beers and thinking about it, so
i'm on the big 'windmill water pump' education tour.
The wind there is typical Oregon coast -- if the wind ever stopped
blowing everyone would fall over.
Just checking out the commercial sites like:
http://web.mac.com/kenobrock/iWeb/Site/Home.html
http://www.windmills.biz/main.html
I don't think he needs a HUGE one. Even 100-200 gallons per day on
average would be fine just to keep his water topped off
Just reading how it works:
http://www.aermotorwindmill.com/Links/Education/Index.asp
My buddy is pretty good machinist and has a lot of those kinds of tools
in his shop.
Anyone found a good DIY guide for building one of these things?
cheers
-zachary
Posted by wmbjkREMOVE on July 20, 2010, 12:41 am
>A buddy of mine just bought some land just off the coast that has low
>water in the summer. He's got a few wells down about 100 feet
>(elivation) below his house for stock water and we're thinking about
>putting together a windmill pump to fill his water tank during the dry
>season.
>Anyone found a good DIY guide for building one of these things?
>cheers
>-zachary
Prices here http://www.deanbennett.com/ .
Not worth DIY IMO. Buying an abandoned one cheap would be more
practical, although it would still be a lot of work to move, repair,
and set up.
Chances are you'll find a solar pump a better choice. Lots of options,
here's something http://store.solar-electric.com/susdssusopua.html
worth considering if it fits your application. If you can find a used
one they're not too difficult to rebuild. Only one special tool
required and it's easy enough to make.
Wayne
Posted by z on July 20, 2010, 4:30 am
4ax.com:
>
>>A buddy of mine just bought some land just off the coast that has low
>>water in the summer. He's got a few wells down about 100 feet
>>(elivation) below his house for stock water and we're thinking about
>>putting together a windmill pump to fill his water tank during the dry
>>season.
>
>>Anyone found a good DIY guide for building one of these things?
>>
>>cheers
>>
>>-zachary
>
> Prices here http://www.deanbennett.com/ .
>
> Not worth DIY IMO. Buying an abandoned one cheap would be more
> practical, although it would still be a lot of work to move, repair,
> and set up.
yeah just from what I've seen it would be a pretty big project. I do
know of a windmill on another guys ranch that doesn't have the pump part.
I think he just set it up because it looked cool -- got it somewhere or
other.
>
> Chances are you'll find a solar pump a better choice. Lots of options,
> here's something http://store.solar-electric.com/susdssusopua.html
> worth considering if it fits your application. If you can find a used
> one they're not too difficult to rebuild. Only one special tool
> required and it's easy enough to make.
Wow those are better than I thought they'd be -- just now looking over
the specs. If we can score a solar pump setup that would certainly be
easier than dealing with wind and concrete mounting base for tower etc.
Thanks Wayne
Posted by wmbjkREMOVE on July 20, 2010, 3:18 pm
>4ax.com:
>>
>>>A buddy of mine just bought some land just off the coast that has low
>>>water in the summer. He's got a few wells down about 100 feet
>>>(elivation) below his house for stock water and we're thinking about
>>>putting together a windmill pump to fill his water tank during the dry
>>>season.
>>
>>>Anyone found a good DIY guide for building one of these things?
>>>
>>>cheers
>>>
>>>-zachary
>>
>> Prices here http://www.deanbennett.com/ .
>>
>> Not worth DIY IMO. Buying an abandoned one cheap would be more
>> practical, although it would still be a lot of work to move, repair,
>> and set up.
>yeah just from what I've seen it would be a pretty big project. I do
>know of a windmill on another guys ranch that doesn't have the pump part.
>I think he just set it up because it looked cool -- got it somewhere or
>other.
>>
>> Chances are you'll find a solar pump a better choice. Lots of options,
>> here's something http://store.solar-electric.com/susdssusopua.html
>> worth considering if it fits your application. If you can find a used
>> one they're not too difficult to rebuild. Only one special tool
>> required and it's easy enough to make.
>Wow those are better than I thought they'd be -- just now looking over
>the specs. If we can score a solar pump setup that would certainly be
>easier than dealing with wind and concrete mounting base for tower etc.
>Thanks Wayne
Here's something else that might interest you.
http://www.cisolar.com/catWindPump.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=7M9C1Adp0yQC&pg=PA148&lpg=PA148&dq=bowjon&source=bl&ots=MEiTPYed-i&sig=crj-uWP8aw73k2DaHzuU_IaInHQ&hl=en&ei=t71FTM3qHZTu9gSMy7n3CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved DEQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=bowjon&f=false
Perhaps the most DIY-friendly wind method of water pumping. Watch out
for the submergence requirement. Still generally not as practical as
solar though.
Wayne
Posted by BobG on July 20, 2010, 4:51 pm
Lifting 200 gal of water 100ft over 24 hrs is 111 ft-lb/min, about a
1/5th of a HP, or 150 watts continuous. Get a windmill of that wattage
or more and and a 150 watt pump and start pumping.
>water in the summer. He's got a few wells down about 100 feet
>(elivation) below his house for stock water and we're thinking about
>putting together a windmill pump to fill his water tank during the dry
>season.
>Anyone found a good DIY guide for building one of these things?
>cheers
>-zachary