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Re: OT and theory. Limit on siphons

harry k

2005-09-22, 12:21 pm

Derek Broughton wrote:
> harry k wrote:
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> ^^^^^^
> I actually googled "siphon height" - the hazards of having been born in
> England...
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> Don't know why - he's right, and I admitted I'd had my mind changed, just
> not by his argument :-)
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> It should be the first - but it's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphon
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> --
> derek

Thanks. So it is that it can't be raised more than 34 ft/sea level.
So much for logic. Being fairly involved with well systems, I have
always used 26ft as a practical maximum for suction pumps. Just wasn't
sure about siphons.

Harry K

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