[AT] Off Topic Goulds piston pump

[charlie hill]

David that's the way ours was but I know for a fact that a suction pump 
can't pull like that so there has to be a trick to it.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Bruce
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 2:48 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Off Topic Goulds piston pump

All I'm saying is my parent's well is about 250' and the original pump
was not submerged.

David
NW NC

On 6/6/2012 2:26 PM, Larry Goss wrote:
> It is a physical impossibility to LIFT water over one atmosphere of 
> pressure (around 28 feet).  You can push it with a submerged or jet pump, 
> but you have to have the actual pumping action (jet, turbine, cylinder, 
> etc, within 28 vertical feet of the top of the water for it to do 
> anything.
>
> Larry
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