Start the Ram Pump for 2023

The Hydraulic Ram Pump was turned off and drained for the winter. Now that spring is here its time to start it up for the 2023 season of ram pump testing. I walk through each step of the startup beginning with the screen intake. This needs to be dug out to allow water to pass and cleaned from all the silt. Next I purge the air out of the supply line by picking it up and setting it down quickly. I drain the silt out of the filter bucket and get clean water filling that back up. I get the drive pipe full of water and start the ram pump cycling. Lastly I walk the delivery pipe to make sure that the water is getting to the top of the hill. The large storage tank is working well and ready to hold over 300 gallons of water.

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[darthgbc]

9:09 If you just slightly open the delivery pipe valve, the pressure will be maintained. Which means less monkeying around with pushing with a stick.

[reeceevmez]

You can close the delivery valve so the pressure builds then crack the delivery valve slightly and you will prime the delivery pipe without having to manually do it, once primed, open the delivery valve fully

[rlrnghaka]

This is the first time I see the video on this device, I absolutely love it.

[craige]

Finally got mine started and running after 3 seasons of messing around! Your videos have always been very informative and helpful. Thank you!! ❤

[mosesgoiho]

Hi Seth no matter the many times you post these videos, (rampump, micro hydro, solar )we will continue to watch them. Some of us are green energy addicts!

[linggiman]

Thank you for sharing this with clear & concise explanation..Appreciate very much 😊

[patrickwears]

Love that, love you and I’m going back out. I’m trying to use the setup to keep the duck pond from freezing. I needed that back pressure tip during priming. Thanks!!!!

[rhino]

Hello. Glad to see you back into Summer projects. Thinking about changing my 3/4" ram pump into a 1" pump. Pumping water 1/4 mile to my camp. Gotta love it.

[MikkoRantalainen]

I think you should put a car tire valve on the top of the pressure tank. That would allow using a basic bicycle pump to fill in air into the pressure tank as needed. That should allow using much smaller pressure tank, because you can match the pressure in the tank with the pipeworks height.

You can probably also help starting the pump by cracking the output valve open ever so slightly. That will allow some water to fill the output pipe and keep enough backpressure to allow the pump to stay alive without enough water in the output pipe. The the see-through pressure tank you know that the output valve opening is good when the water level stays about the same.

[behumbledlife]

Thank you so much. I am working on one now.

[linomontalban]

Thank you sir for your video it so good ❤

[truthserum]

I started mine today for the first time. 1 1/4" pump fed with 3 sections of 1 1/2" and 2 1/4". I only have 5' of fall to the pump. I used 1/2" PEX as my output line. It has lifted water to 72' above the creek! Mine only has about 1/8 " bead of steady water coming from my pump but my guess is given enough time it will fill the IBC tote it's feeding currently. The "7' of lift for every 1' of fall to your pump" theory has been shattered! (32psig on the output gauge)

[MrNhenwood]

It would be interesting to see a change to the filter bucket. Replace the overflow elbow with a T that goes down to the bottom of the bucket. In theory it would help clean out some of the silt.

[andrewdavis]

Wow, how nice to see. I have thought about that as a project...

[natureandguitars]

Awesome video. I’m totally new to this and this video covered a lot.

[MultiKlompen]

12:33
Seth, when the pipe is so far into the ibc-container, and you have a leak right at your rampump f.e., your hole ibc will get sucked empty.
So you better put the pipe as less as possible INTO the ibc.
(i hope you understand what i mean)

[TheMagaiver]

gostei belo trabalho, é bem diferente das "bomba carneiro" que utilizamos aqui no brasil.

[doylemarkham]

Hello Seth, I am still amazed at your ram system. I need to get water from my pond & go uphill so I can water cows.

[jamesmacmccann]

Hi Seth, love the video! I have a physical disability which would make it very difficult to build a system like this (and join pipes together etc) but I love the physics of it all! Thanks very much :)

[olivierkahilu]

very good system bat i want have for the french