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gz
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dpack
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Nicky cigreen
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Mistress Rose
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Nicky cigreen
Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 9881 Location: Devon, uk
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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Nicky cigreen
Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 9881 Location: Devon, uk
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 4613 Location: Lampeter
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Thank God for the rain,its been the dryest in 36yrs here,grass slow in growing,luckily i have a good well for the cattle water working on a syphon system,but last few days i have had to top up from the mains so i can start the syphon off again,i thinking of trenching towards the wells from the deep gutter and getting a tapping into the wells lower to the base to avoid this air lock problem when the water in the wells is slower filling than the cattle drinking in this hot dry periods.
Although the syphon should work as it is, as the first trough is lower than 2 of the conrete well rings and still one full ring below,this well can raise water 3ft 6in above ground level and when the first trough is dry the water level in the well has never been lower than the bottom foot of the top ring,but of course it could have been when cattle have been drinking before i get to see it,so maybe beings it has to syphon up 11ft to get out of the well there`s not enough weight of water above the pipe to help the system,but in theory it should matter,maybe its pulling air somewhere,but all joints are tight,could the ball cock in the trough be pulling air? |
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46219 Location: yes
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Mistress Rose
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010 Posts: 4613 Location: Lampeter
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