Siphon for irrigation | Siphon principle

A siphon is any of a wide variety of devices that involve the flow of liquids through tubes. In a narrower sense, the word refers particularly to a tube in an inverted "U" shape, which causes a liquid to flow upward, above the surface of a reservoir, with no pump, but powered by the fall of the liquid as it flows down the tube under the pull of gravity, then discharging at a level lower than the surface of the reservoir from which it came.

Siphon tubes are a basic implement used in irrigation to transfer water over a barrier (such as the bank of a raised irrigation canal), using the siphon principle.

At the simplest they consist of a pipe with no working parts. To work they rely on the water level in the canal being at a higher level than the water level in the field being irrigated.

Like any siphon they must be primed (that is, filled with water) before they will start reliably transferring water. However, once primed and positioned correctly, they will continue transferring water from the source to the destination.

Video source by Ahmet Göregen (Tiktok)

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[DustyBC]

Thank you for this video, it was better than 99% of the stuff I’ve seen today.

[adelasgar]

Finally, after all this time. Something productive in YouTube shorts

[dylanlafreniere]

The first guy to discover this must have blown so many peoples minds.

[sflixo]

Having an aquarium as a kid taught me about the siphon principle. It was really cool to me seeing it the first time.

[polydullmemes]

The concept here is actually really cool, if you connect two or three water containers below the water line, no matter what the shape all 3 container's fill lines will be at the same height

[jjOnceAgain]

I like how stupidly simple this is. After seeing 500 shorts of people being amazed over $10, 000 machines or complicating screwdrivers to impress viewers; this is refreshing

[yoshikatsu_kira]

This has been the best thing I have seen on shorts today.

[wesleygannon]

I did a septic inspection once when I was still learning, and was doing a hydraulic low test with a garden hose. I then left the hose in the tank and went to unhook the water from the house first, and ended up talking to the homeowner for like 10 minutes. When I came back, half his septic tank was on the driveway coming out the hose. Thats when I learned about this...

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[maxedwards]

They learn something and YouTube it for us, how thoughtful.

[destinyjamcookie]

“Grandpa, what are you doing with that hose?”
“I’m going to show you a trick, jimmy. It’s called *free gas from your neighbors* . Now grab those cans”

[BlueFlash]

Had to check after the aquarium of my friends when they were gone for 2 weeks. I saw the aquarium leaking, called them and they told me to get a new one and move the fish. I had an aquarium as a kid and was confident because I knew the hose trick for the water and as a fisherman I know how to safely and without harming them, handle fish.

Well, turns out that I underestimated the pressure in the hose and it shot 2 guppys and a mini shrimp down my throat.

[huh]

This is pretty smart, I dont know how much people use this but it should be used everywhere possible, I live in Italy and I've never seen this

[sotoshikoruto]

Bro this looks legit nostalgic fun
I would love to watch countless of hours looking into that water and the field

[dovakhiin]

Surprising to me how many people didnt know about how air pressure works. Glad you all learned something, physics is fun!

[Iqbalhawari]

For the first time i see education video on shorts video and not TikTok

[strangers]

Finally found something that's worth of liking 😂

[hfbuvvp]

This is the only good short I have seen today

[shaivyjaiswal]

Such productive, useful and affordable way for irrigation.

[DanGleenutz]

Wow, I remember the much smaller aluminum ones for my dads orchard, and also a couple other farms I worked at. Good times