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[*] posted on 3-9-2012 at 09:58 AM


There maybe some information in this "article" which may help...

http://www.cee.mtu.edu/sustainable_engineering/resources/tec...

http://www.ironmanwindmill.com/

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[*] posted on 3-9-2012 at 10:19 AM


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Originally posted by mtgoat666
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Yes, as mentioned above the figure is 0.433 psi per foot. But she has no power at the site for a pump... just a car battery a hundred feet away (or something like that)... Gravity is free.


gravity is not free in this case. energy has to be expended to get water up into elevated tank. if you ignore the effort to lift the water up in first place, then you can say the "gravity is free."
just sayin....


Gravity (down) is free, but going against gravity (up) is costly.




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