Homemade RAM Pump versus Papa Pump - East Sussex - Full Version

Michael loves building ram pumps but when it came to a reliable water delivery up to the farm he installed a Papa Pump system. This video shows the pros and cons of homemade ram pumps and how they compare to a Papa Pump.

[soulblown]

Do you pre-inflate the pressure vessel before installation on the ram pump assembly

[petesmith]

The flexible drive pipe is causing you some inefficiencies. Flexible pipe moves and expands when the brass swing valves cause the water hammer. You could replace with PVC or metal pipe.
I like the expansion tanks you are using, much better than some of the expansion tanks made out of 4" PVC Pipe.

[mervynshute]

Would not mind getting some of these weighted valves

[alberteinstein]

1. Is there a difference in using a bladder tank versus a ordinary PVC pipe?

2. Does the wider tank respond better because it has a larger surface area inside the tank?

Thomas Dutkiewicz
Connecticut, U.S.A.

[maximoincognito]

Papa pump is too expensive including the installation compared to home made ram pump. Papa pump also is not design for more than 100 meter vertical lift because the bladder tank maximum pressure is 8 to 10 bar. I prefer the home made ram pump but have to make your own waste valve and check valve but jot the surge tank for higher lift is made of steel.

[optimusprime]

If I need to pump around 240L p/m, straight up vertically around 2m, is this possible?

[faizurehman]

How big can a big Ram pump supply water and how far can I watch your video from Pakistan?

[islandenduro]

Not a fair comparison between home made ram pump and a papa pump.. As we can see the source of water was not the same.

[asryfc]

Make video with description how you made it, please

[selectedsolutions]

My new 2021 patented amplified ram pump (ramplified) can lift 30m using 50cm drive head, this will disrupt current ram pumps

[sevadburzic]

Is there any way to get papa pump in Bosnia and Herzegovina and how much would that cost

[RagazzoMafioso]

Can you explain why the cow drinking tank overflow goes back to the river? That is contaminated water in my view.
I think that you should have a dry well and dump the water overflow there, or treat the water exposed to cows.

[derekcummins]

If you only getting 2lts a min at 500mts and 2800 per day it's very small, my 2inch ram pumps pump 21lts a min at 500ft, at 40ft height, or 8lts at 82mts height at 165mts distance, mind dont brake any parts, and kevin Smith ram pumps in new Zealand are the best in the world delivery is 130, 000lts per day at 300mts height,
The rubber vavels your using wear out and get perish over time,

[plikukaku]

Papa pump with 2" supply pipe compare to self made 1", 1¼" self made ram pump. Are you serius?
I can easily get 20 cu meter with 3 m supply head with ny pump, delivering to 60m heught as far as 1000 m away from the pump

[maximoincognito]

Your check valve or delivery valve using brass spring check valve will not last long. Im is better to use stainless steel spring check vallve or make a DIY check vave and waste valve.

[daddict]

seems like a lot of wasted money there are people pushing water 700 to 800 metres with a rise of 75 to 100 metres no problem with ram pumps . his ram pumps where kind of shitty tho so i can see why they did not produce much water plus he had a lot of hammer effect at the end of his output hose . still if you have the money to spend why not i suppose