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By: Decomposed in POPE IV | Recommend this post (1)
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re: " If you were to put the pipe, say, five feet under the ground would that keep it from freezing?"

"Under the ground" is exactly the opposite of what I'd want, though. The plan is to get the water a hundred feet or so above ground, then bring it straight down to where I'll have a turbine producing power.

Or were you suggesting burying the pipe at its start, where it drains the pond? Yeah, I'd have to do something like that. I'll probably run it through the dam a couple of feet below whatever water level I expect. In the dead of winter, I'm sure the ice is at least a foot thick.

I'm just guessing, I don't think I'll have a problem with the pipe freezing. The water will either be flowing or it won't, in which case the pipe will empty itself the way a garden hose running down a hill would. That should keep it from freezing. If I'm mistaken, then I could just have a valve at the dam that shuts the pipe down during certain periods. An empty pipe isn't going to have a problem with winter temperatures. 




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Re: | 1,270 VIEWS ZANG WARNS OF ECONOMIC IMPLOSION: �ENJOY YOUR CHRISTMAS� BECAUSE ALL BETS ARE OFF IN 2018�
By: Zimbler0
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Mon, 11 Dec 17 9:30 AM
Msg. 39969 of 47202

Decomposed > That is, the ground descends more rapidly than that.


OK,
I see the picture now. When you say 'gains altitude'
you are talking about how high above the ground the
water pipe is.

Don't forget that you have to worry about the water
in the pipe freezing in the winter time. If you were
to put the pipe, say, five feet under the ground would
that keep it from freezing?

I do like the concept, by the way.

Zim.


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