Hi William You cannot siphon more than 33’ at sea level, less as you go up in elevation.
At 33’ you pull a vacuum and not water. So no you can’t siphon water over those heights. You also have another issue which is the suction in the pipe on the downhill leg. It will try to flow out and as no water is filling the pipe it will create a suction and actually collapse the pipe. You’ll need a air vacuum valve at the top that will allow enough air in to prevent collapse. Sizing would depend on size of the pipe, but bigger is better. So your having to pump up that additional 300’ Jay > On Jan 27, 2022, at 2:51 PM, William Miller <will...@millersolar.com> wrote: > > > Colleagues: > > All of our water pumping customers to date have been pumping water to tanks > higher in elevation than the well-head. Just now I am looking at a system > pumping to a pond that is lower than the well-head and lower even than the > bottom of the well. The 300’ well has the head at 1200’ elevation and > pumping to a pond at 800’ elevation. The line goes over a 1500’ ridge. If > there were nothing impeding the water flow, would it not siphon to the pond? > > Has anyone seen the basic physics available being used to advantage? > > Thanks in advance. > > William > > Miller Solar > 17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422 > 805-438-5600 > www.millersolar.com > CA Lic. 773985 > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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