Pumping water without electricity?
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Question by Jake M: Pumping water without electricity?
Im building a greenhouse, and I want to put a Aquaponics system in it, but for the aquaponics I need a pump. I’m not using electricity from my house for it,so no electric pumps, and im not installing a generator. So I need a way to move water about 4 feet vertically, without electricity.
Also- I plan on making it, not buying it, and as cheap as possible.
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I assume that the water you wish to pump is stationery and not the town supply.
You could make a reciprocating or plunger pump and drive it from a windmill or you could drive a water bucket wheel with a windmill.
Percy
February 16, 2012 at 7:07 am
A bucket, perhaps a ladder for you to climb or a small series of steps.
Which ever method you use, it will need energy, if you aren’t going to provide it physically then you are going to need to generate it (energy that is), so perhaps a wind-driven pump, or a solar cell array.
Ben
February 16, 2012 at 7:38 am