HOMESTEAD BACKLOG UPDATE (7) THE RAMJET
The following account happened March 1st 2021.
THE RAMJET
WHAT IT IS
The ramjet is a piece of old technology that allows a person to pump water uphill without electricity or an external power source. It uses a couple of specialized valves, head pressure, and a built-in air reservoir to pressurize water and push it uphill.
THE WHOLE SYSTEM
Below I will do my best to describe how my system works. It starts at a spring that originates at the side of a hill about 200 ft(60 Meters) away from the cabin.
The pipe going to the right is the one that feeds the ramjet after the filtration, the one on the left is just a dump valve that I open when I am not getting water. It prevents filtering water that I'm not going to use, and this using up my filters.
THE FILTERS
*The start of the homemade charcoal filter.
*And here it is, filled with activated charcoal, with the sediment filter before it and installed.