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<blockquote data-quote="Mike678" data-source="post: 615433" data-attributes="member: 16778"><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/16778/1627442751_img_0878.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/16778/1627442772_img_0877.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/16778/1627442794_img_0879.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This is a 3/4 inch diaphragm pump that I made , a number of years ago . Never used it much , had some spare time at work ..... </p><p>To work , the intake and the delivery both have to have non return valves in the line . It has a hand crank on at the moment , I did have in a frame with a paddle wheel to drive it . The idea was to put it in the creek and pump water up to my camp. It has a displacement of 250 mls. so if is turned at 100 rpm it will move 2.5 lts per min . under idea conditions . So that is 150 lts. per hour or 3,600 lts per 24 hours . Divide all those figures by 2 for 50 rpm !</p><p></p><p>Photos not the best , it was made out of grey PVC , which I can weld .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike678, post: 615433, member: 16778"] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/16778/1627442751_img_0878.jpg[/img][img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/16778/1627442772_img_0877.jpg[/img][img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/16778/1627442794_img_0879.jpg[/img] This is a 3/4 inch diaphragm pump that I made , a number of years ago . Never used it much , had some spare time at work ..... To work , the intake and the delivery both have to have non return valves in the line . It has a hand crank on at the moment , I did have in a frame with a paddle wheel to drive it . The idea was to put it in the creek and pump water up to my camp. It has a displacement of 250 mls. so if is turned at 100 rpm it will move 2.5 lts per min . under idea conditions . So that is 150 lts. per hour or 3,600 lts per 24 hours . Divide all those figures by 2 for 50 rpm ! Photos not the best , it was made out of grey PVC , which I can weld . [/QUOTE]
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