Windpump

[Lunchbob]

Anyone know where I can buy a windpump? I'm in Sakon Nakhon. Thank you.

 

 

[zxc]

Lunchbob, did anyone manage to help off-forum? I'd be interested if they did, I'm in Sakon too....

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[rice555]

Hello All, there was a thread here that I posted to about wind power,

there is a magazine that I posted some pictures from. If you have a

book store/magazine shop that might have one. O some of the gardening

how to magazines have pictures of other booklets the sell, you might

find one on wind/water power, the should have links to sources.

There is many places with solar water panels and pumps as another

option.

rice555

[Gary A]

I don't know about your area but in my area of Loei, there is seldom enough wind to rustle leaves. A windmill here would just be a lawn ornament. I did look into solar water pumping but the price for an engineered system was prohibitive. DC water pumps are available that only work when the sun shines and they require no expensive batteries. In my humble opinion, that would be the way to go.

[rice555]

Hello All, I've been going by this place going to downtown Korat for the past 11 years

and I always look to see if it's turning. I'd say that 70% of the time it's moving.

This is just inside the City Moat around Downtown Korat, the next pic is from a yuk tuk

coming back from The Mall, this is Hwy. 224 between the corner of the moat and the

overpass over the NK and the Ubon tracks headed towards Surin.

Between the pole and the tree in the 2  pic.

rice555  

[Lunchbob]

The windpump design is much simpler than the one in the above pic. The sails are flexible and catch wind from almost every direction. The windpump only supplements your farm water during the dry months, usually pulling water from a low area and moving it to a high area where it can flow back down through the farm,,etc. It can send water about 200 meters, a little less on a gradual, slight slope. Luckily, Sakon has enough days of wind during each of the dry months at around 11 or 12kmh to supply enouh water. Wind speed averages chart toward bottom of link: https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/forecast/modelclimate/sakon-nakhon_thailand_1606790

 

 

[zxc]

Looks good :) How deep is the water being pumped from?

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[Lunchbob]

48 minutes ago, zxc said:

Looks good :) How deep is the water being pumped from?

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The pond is about 6 meters deep and the pipe is 4 or 5 meters down. I wont draw down past 3 meters before it starts raining again and most of the pumped water flows back into the pond after irrigating.

[zxc]

Lunchbob, I would like to pop over and see, would that be ok?

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