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micky
Nov 19, 2021, 11:52:41 PM11/19/21
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I thought it would be a great idea to have a bird bath. I need a
self-priming pump that will suck about 200 feet horizontally and 10 feet
vertically. What should I look for?
My next door neigbhor had a bird bath when I was 8 years old. A cement
one.
It was always empty, so I figured I too would get bored with it, maybe
in a year.
So I get the bird bath and I was starting to get bored within a day.
Mostly because the water disappears so quickly.
Webpages had said it would have to be refilled every 2 to 4 days. I
figured 4 days. More like one day.
If I take out the fountain, I think it lasts a lot longer, but I only
have one day's data on that. The fountain is cool, solar powered,
floats, 7 thin jets of water going up about 14 inches, with a
rechargeable battery that keeps it going maybe an hour when it's cloudy
or after there is no sun.
The fountains attract birds because they see the reflection of the sun
off the water. Still water, like a mirror, only reflects in one
direction. But moving water reflects in all directions.
So if I'm too busy/lazy/self-centered/hostile to refill the bird bath
every day, espcially in the winter, I was thinking about something that
refilled itself.
That is a fountain connected to a constant water supply that led to a
little waterfall and a stream, to the edge of my property, under the
easement to the edge of the hill that leads to the stream bed.
It's not likely I'll build this, but I like to plan.
The thing is, I can't use city water and keep it running 24/7/365.
That's not right. So, how hard would it be to use an AC pump that sucks
water from the stream, about 200 feet away and 10 feet lower than my
yard (maybe less than 10, I can measure it). What size pump would I
need? Self-priming. What size hose?
I could put a pool at the top with a switch to turn the pump off when
that is full.
Is theree a category of pump, a name I could search for that would cut
down how many pumps I have to look at? Is there a concise search term
that refers to how far and low it can draw from?
--
I think you can tell, but just to be sure:
I am not a lawyer.
self-priming pump that will suck about 200 feet horizontally and 10 feet
vertically. What should I look for?
My next door neigbhor had a bird bath when I was 8 years old. A cement
one.
It was always empty, so I figured I too would get bored with it, maybe
in a year.
So I get the bird bath and I was starting to get bored within a day.
Mostly because the water disappears so quickly.
Webpages had said it would have to be refilled every 2 to 4 days. I
figured 4 days. More like one day.
If I take out the fountain, I think it lasts a lot longer, but I only
have one day's data on that. The fountain is cool, solar powered,
floats, 7 thin jets of water going up about 14 inches, with a
rechargeable battery that keeps it going maybe an hour when it's cloudy
or after there is no sun.
The fountains attract birds because they see the reflection of the sun
off the water. Still water, like a mirror, only reflects in one
direction. But moving water reflects in all directions.
So if I'm too busy/lazy/self-centered/hostile to refill the bird bath
every day, espcially in the winter, I was thinking about something that
refilled itself.
That is a fountain connected to a constant water supply that led to a
little waterfall and a stream, to the edge of my property, under the
easement to the edge of the hill that leads to the stream bed.
It's not likely I'll build this, but I like to plan.
The thing is, I can't use city water and keep it running 24/7/365.
That's not right. So, how hard would it be to use an AC pump that sucks
water from the stream, about 200 feet away and 10 feet lower than my
yard (maybe less than 10, I can measure it). What size pump would I
need? Self-priming. What size hose?
I could put a pool at the top with a switch to turn the pump off when
that is full.
Is theree a category of pump, a name I could search for that would cut
down how many pumps I have to look at? Is there a concise search term
that refers to how far and low it can draw from?
--
I think you can tell, but just to be sure:
I am not a lawyer.
micky
Nov 20, 2021, 4:44:28 AM11/20/21
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In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 19 Nov 2021 23:52:34 -0500, micky
in the water. I thought that was stupid, when you can have a pretty
fountain, so I bought the fountain.
Here's a wiggler:
https://www.amazon.com/4WW-Water-Wiggler-Agitator-Baths/dp/B00075M3W6/ref=sr_1_3
Now doesn't it look stupid?
The ads I've seen for the wigglers don't brag that they cause less
evaporation, but that must be their big advantage, because they are
nowhere near as attractive as a fountain.
But it finally occurred to me just now that that's why 5 different
"nozzles" came with the fountain, including some boring ones that only
send up one and another only two jets. I guess I'm forced to try them
to cut down the evaporation. Still better than a wiggler. --BTW, it
hasn't even been dry here, 50 to 75% humidity, probably 50.
But I'm still planning to build the stream. Now that I have the idea,
it's far better than a little bird bath.
Have you noticed that there used to be, on Amazon videos, both thumbs up
and thumbs down? Now there is only thumbs up!
I only gave them thumb down when the video had nothing about the
product, when watching it was a waste of my time. That was fairly
frewquent, and they deserved to know their video just antagonized me. I
guess they didn't like bad news and now they won't know.
<mis...@fmguy.com> wrote:
>
>So I get the bird bath and I was starting to get bored within a day.
>
>Mostly because the water disappears so quickly.
>
>Webpages had said it would have to be refilled every 2 to 4 days. I
>figured 4 days. More like one day.
>
>If I take out the fountain, I think it lasts a lot longer, but I only
>have one day's data on that. The fountain is cool, solar powered,
>floats, 7 thin jets of water going up about 14 inches, with a
>rechargeable battery that keeps it going maybe an hour when it's cloudy
>or after there is no sun.
>
>The fountains attract birds because they see the reflection of the sun
>off the water. Still water, like a mirror, only reflects in one
>direction. But moving water reflects in all directions.
I knew they also sell water wigglers that just make little ripples
>
>So I get the bird bath and I was starting to get bored within a day.
>
>Mostly because the water disappears so quickly.
>
>Webpages had said it would have to be refilled every 2 to 4 days. I
>figured 4 days. More like one day.
>
>If I take out the fountain, I think it lasts a lot longer, but I only
>have one day's data on that. The fountain is cool, solar powered,
>floats, 7 thin jets of water going up about 14 inches, with a
>rechargeable battery that keeps it going maybe an hour when it's cloudy
>or after there is no sun.
>
>The fountains attract birds because they see the reflection of the sun
>off the water. Still water, like a mirror, only reflects in one
>direction. But moving water reflects in all directions.
in the water. I thought that was stupid, when you can have a pretty
fountain, so I bought the fountain.
Here's a wiggler:
https://www.amazon.com/4WW-Water-Wiggler-Agitator-Baths/dp/B00075M3W6/ref=sr_1_3
Now doesn't it look stupid?
The ads I've seen for the wigglers don't brag that they cause less
evaporation, but that must be their big advantage, because they are
nowhere near as attractive as a fountain.
But it finally occurred to me just now that that's why 5 different
"nozzles" came with the fountain, including some boring ones that only
send up one and another only two jets. I guess I'm forced to try them
to cut down the evaporation. Still better than a wiggler. --BTW, it
hasn't even been dry here, 50 to 75% humidity, probably 50.
But I'm still planning to build the stream. Now that I have the idea,
it's far better than a little bird bath.
Have you noticed that there used to be, on Amazon videos, both thumbs up
and thumbs down? Now there is only thumbs up!
I only gave them thumb down when the video had nothing about the
product, when watching it was a waste of my time. That was fairly
frewquent, and they deserved to know their video just antagonized me. I
guess they didn't like bad news and now they won't know.
micky
Nov 20, 2021, 5:33:43 AM11/20/21
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In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 19 Nov 2021 23:52:34 -0500, micky
<NONONO...@fmguy.com> wrote:
>
>That is a fountain connected to a constant water supply that led to a
>little waterfall and a stream, to the edge of my property, under the
>easement to the edge of the hill that leads to the stream bed.
>
>It's not likely I'll build this, but I like to plan.
>
>
>The thing is, I can't use city water and keep it running 24/7/365.
>That's not right. So, how hard would it be to use an AC pump that sucks
>water from the stream, about 200 feet away and 10 feet lower than my
>yard (maybe less than 10, I can measure it). What size pump would I
>need? Self-priming. What size hose?
>
>I could put a pool at the top with a switch to turn the pump off when
>that is full.
>
>
>Is theree a category of pump, a name I could search for that would cut
>down how many pumps I have to look at? Is there a concise search term
>that refers to how far and low it can draw from?
I came up with a better search: Pump for decorative stream.
>
>That is a fountain connected to a constant water supply that led to a
>little waterfall and a stream, to the edge of my property, under the
>easement to the edge of the hill that leads to the stream bed.
>
>It's not likely I'll build this, but I like to plan.
>
>
>The thing is, I can't use city water and keep it running 24/7/365.
>That's not right. So, how hard would it be to use an AC pump that sucks
>water from the stream, about 200 feet away and 10 feet lower than my
>yard (maybe less than 10, I can measure it). What size pump would I
>need? Self-priming. What size hose?
>
>I could put a pool at the top with a switch to turn the pump off when
>that is full.
>
>
>Is theree a category of pump, a name I could search for that would cut
>down how many pumps I have to look at? Is there a concise search term
>that refers to how far and low it can draw from?
This worked and also gave advice:
https://russellwatergardens.com/pages/waterfall-flow-rates
Waterfall Flow Rates
For waterfalls and streams, your pump should pump at least 100 gallons
per hour for every inch wide the waterfall is. For more noise and
"white-water" from your falls, increase the flow rate to 200 gallons per
hour per inch of waterfall width.
Waterfalls made of water falling off cut stone, 100 to 150 gallons per
hour per inch wide of waterfall will work. For waterfalls made of water
falling off boulders, 200-500 gallons per hour per inch wide of
waterfalls will create a nice white-water effect.
I had in mind 4 inches wide. Any way you cut it, it's quite a bit of
water.
angelica...@yahoo.com
Nov 20, 2021, 5:43:53 AM11/20/21
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On Friday, November 19, 2021 at 11:52:41 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
> I thought it would be a great idea to have a bird bath.
That is a great idea.
> I thought it would be a great idea to have a bird bath.
Mine is a shallow plastic saucer full of water. In the winter I add a heater.
The birds never have any trouble finding the bath. In the spring
and early summer, I often see a mallard duck sitting in it.
Perhaps you're overthinking this. Is your social calendar so full
that you can't go out there every day or two and top it up?
Cindy Hamilton
Dean Hoffman
Nov 20, 2021, 11:25:28 AM11/20/21
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It would be more efficient to put the pump as near the water as practical. You'll need to put screens on the intake.
gfre...@aol.com
Nov 20, 2021, 12:54:43 PM11/20/21
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On Sat, 20 Nov 2021 05:33:38 -0500, micky <NONONO...@fmguy.com>
wrote:
Why not just let Baltimore County Utilities pump the water? You can
use an electrical valve, a toilet tank valve or any kind of float
valve to stop it when the bird bath is full.
Keeping a bird bath full should cost a penny or two a day on your
water bill and you will be using treated water so the bird bath won't
be a science fair project. God only knows what is in that drainage
ditch.
wrote:
use an electrical valve, a toilet tank valve or any kind of float
valve to stop it when the bird bath is full.
Keeping a bird bath full should cost a penny or two a day on your
water bill and you will be using treated water so the bird bath won't
be a science fair project. God only knows what is in that drainage
ditch.
Clare Snyder
Nov 21, 2021, 2:10:23 AM11/21/21
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pumpwill do the job. Most pumps don't work well pumping water - which
is required to "suction prime" a pump. "Pressure proming" works a lot
better.
trader_4
Nov 21, 2021, 8:52:01 AM11/21/21
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but it would be interesting to see how the small cost of that compares
to the small cost of just using municipal water. I would not be surprised
that the cost for the water is less.
micky
Nov 21, 2021, 1:44:19 PM11/21/21
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In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 21 Nov 2021 05:51:58 -0800 (PST), trader_4
It was going to run all the time, as the pond at the top filled and
overflowed into a stream going to the edge of the property.
They used to have urinals that ran all the time but I haven't seen one
in decades.
>> Keeping a bird bath full should cost a penny or two a day on your
>> water bill and you will be using treated water so the bird bath won't
>> be a science fair project. God only knows what is in that drainage
>> ditch.
>
>His pump drawing water for 200 feet wouldn't use much electricity,
>but it would be interesting to see how the small cost of that compares
>to the small cost of just using municipal water. I would not be surprised
>that the cost for the water is less.
Using city water would be like letting a faucet run all the time. Too
wasteful. It's has to be the stream, or probably what most people do
is just pump the water back up from the end of their little stream.
It turns out it's 40 feet, not 20, to the edge of the property (which is
the stream bed but a part that is dry 99% of the time), but I was right,
about 200 feet to the stream, where the stream is actually running, and
about 10 feet lift needed.
60 feet of that is also in the empty part of the stream bed and when it
floods 55 feet of it will be pushed down stream. I"ll just have to put
it back each time, a couple times a year. I could bury that part too I
suppose but there are rocks here wherever you dig and I'll bet there are
even more in the stream bed (because the dirt on top gets washed away,
but the rocks remain). (I recently heard 2nd hand from someone who knew
this area before the houses were built and he said there was one or more
truckloads of rocks removed, but there are still plenty left.
I can bury the input hose where it's in my yard, and I can bury the
electric cord.
But I could also just run a return hose from the bottom of the little
stream I want to make, only 40 feet. For some quirky reason of my own,
I don't like this as much (something like the porchlight glass issue and
what I think is "natural". One wouldn't be able to see my stream water
pouring down the side of the hill into the real stream bed.) but it
would be a lot less work and it's what I think everyone else does. --
then I'd only have to pump 40 feet sideways and 2 to 4 feet up. It just
doesn't feel as real to me, even though the other way isn't real either.
(FWIW, I also don't have my own water bill. They installed water meters
for every house, but it was I guess up to the HOA to hire someone to
read them, and that requires opening the metal hatch in the sidewalk for
every two houses. It was never done and instead, there is one meter for
the 100+ houses and every house pays the same amount. So 99% of what my
stream used would be paid for by my neighbors. Most would never see the
stream and the rest might never think about the water bill, but it's not
right of me, and when they do figure it out they'd be annoyed.)
overflowed into a stream going to the edge of the property.
They used to have urinals that ran all the time but I haven't seen one
in decades.
>> Keeping a bird bath full should cost a penny or two a day on your
>> water bill and you will be using treated water so the bird bath won't
>> be a science fair project. God only knows what is in that drainage
>> ditch.
>
>His pump drawing water for 200 feet wouldn't use much electricity,
>but it would be interesting to see how the small cost of that compares
>to the small cost of just using municipal water. I would not be surprised
>that the cost for the water is less.
wasteful. It's has to be the stream, or probably what most people do
is just pump the water back up from the end of their little stream.
It turns out it's 40 feet, not 20, to the edge of the property (which is
the stream bed but a part that is dry 99% of the time), but I was right,
about 200 feet to the stream, where the stream is actually running, and
about 10 feet lift needed.
60 feet of that is also in the empty part of the stream bed and when it
floods 55 feet of it will be pushed down stream. I"ll just have to put
it back each time, a couple times a year. I could bury that part too I
suppose but there are rocks here wherever you dig and I'll bet there are
even more in the stream bed (because the dirt on top gets washed away,
but the rocks remain). (I recently heard 2nd hand from someone who knew
this area before the houses were built and he said there was one or more
truckloads of rocks removed, but there are still plenty left.
I can bury the input hose where it's in my yard, and I can bury the
electric cord.
But I could also just run a return hose from the bottom of the little
stream I want to make, only 40 feet. For some quirky reason of my own,
I don't like this as much (something like the porchlight glass issue and
what I think is "natural". One wouldn't be able to see my stream water
pouring down the side of the hill into the real stream bed.) but it
would be a lot less work and it's what I think everyone else does. --
then I'd only have to pump 40 feet sideways and 2 to 4 feet up. It just
doesn't feel as real to me, even though the other way isn't real either.
(FWIW, I also don't have my own water bill. They installed water meters
for every house, but it was I guess up to the HOA to hire someone to
read them, and that requires opening the metal hatch in the sidewalk for
every two houses. It was never done and instead, there is one meter for
the 100+ houses and every house pays the same amount. So 99% of what my
stream used would be paid for by my neighbors. Most would never see the
stream and the rest might never think about the water bill, but it's not
right of me, and when they do figure it out they'd be annoyed.)
gfre...@aol.com
Nov 21, 2021, 2:19:37 PM11/21/21
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On Sun, 21 Nov 2021 13:44:13 -0500, micky <NONONO...@fmguy.com>
We used to have ever flowing water fountains in DC but when water
started being more expensive (price and environmentally) they stopped
all of that.
You can still use a float valve tho.
The black flow master toilet valve is bullet proof. I have been using
one as a pool fill for 20 years and it is still working fine. Use a
little imagination and you could hide it in a cosmetic feature next to
your bird bath.
.
started being more expensive (price and environmentally) they stopped
all of that.
You can still use a float valve tho.
The black flow master toilet valve is bullet proof. I have been using
one as a pool fill for 20 years and it is still working fine. Use a
little imagination and you could hide it in a cosmetic feature next to
your bird bath.
.
trader_4
Nov 23, 2021, 10:29:26 AM11/23/21
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see you in jail.
gfre...@aol.com
Nov 23, 2021, 5:46:39 PM11/23/21
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 07:29:23 -0800 (PST), trader_4
I doubt DNR really cares about any "stream" in Bal'mer County. The
health department might care tho. That will be polluted run off from
streets and septic tanks.
health department might care tho. That will be polluted run off from
streets and septic tanks.
micky
Nov 28, 2021, 6:01:23 AM11/28/21
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In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 23 Nov 2021 07:29:23 -0800 (PST), trader_4
I think Martin Luther King was putting in a bird bath and fountain when
he wrote his Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
At any rate, with the fountain, about half the water disappeared in one
day.
With no fountain, I think it's been 6 days and it's still 95 or more %
full.
I want more data on this. Maybe the birds will see the water even
without a fountain. And maybe some don't like the stream itself because
there is too much current and no quiet pools around me.
he wrote his Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
At any rate, with the fountain, about half the water disappeared in one
day.
With no fountain, I think it's been 6 days and it's still 95 or more %
full.
I want more data on this. Maybe the birds will see the water even
without a fountain. And maybe some don't like the stream itself because
there is too much current and no quiet pools around me.
micky
Nov 28, 2021, 6:07:12 AM11/28/21
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In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 21 Nov 2021 02:10:18 -0500, Clare Snyder
This would be one more reason to abandon the plan to get water from the
stream. If I were to put the pump there, to be washed downstream when it
floods, held back only by the cord and the output hose, and have to
retrieve and replace it every time. And running electcricty to a pump
that will be 5 feet under water during the twice-yearly flood stage.
That coudlnt' be good (even though I leave the exension cord in the
grass all year and have only tripped the GFI breaker twice in 20 years.)
I'm turning my attention to pumping from the bottom of my stream. Only
40 feet away and on my property.
Or maybe the bird bath will work without a fountain.
Or maybe I'll just give up.
stream. If I were to put the pump there, to be washed downstream when it
floods, held back only by the cord and the output hose, and have to
retrieve and replace it every time. And running electcricty to a pump
that will be 5 feet under water during the twice-yearly flood stage.
That coudlnt' be good (even though I leave the exension cord in the
grass all year and have only tripped the GFI breaker twice in 20 years.)
I'm turning my attention to pumping from the bottom of my stream. Only
40 feet away and on my property.
Or maybe the bird bath will work without a fountain.
Or maybe I'll just give up.
Dean Hoffman
Nov 28, 2021, 8:07:59 AM11/28/21
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of anchor and and a cable to keep it in place. Lowes and Home Depot
have them.
Bob F
Nov 28, 2021, 10:57:16 AM11/28/21
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work fine. I have seen fountains, but cannot remember seeing any being
used as a bird bath.
gfre...@aol.com
Nov 28, 2021, 11:32:20 AM11/28/21
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On Sun, 28 Nov 2021 06:01:15 -0500, micky <NONONO...@fmguy.com>
The water is just evaporating faster when you squirt it up in the air.
It may attract birds so that is the trade off you are dealing with.
I think you will find the pollution in that creek will quickly
concentrate into a slimy mess if you use it. Using chlorinated water
from the utility will keep the bird bath cleaner, longer but that
chlorine will be gone in a few minutes if the are aerating it.
It may attract birds so that is the trade off you are dealing with.
I think you will find the pollution in that creek will quickly
concentrate into a slimy mess if you use it. Using chlorinated water
from the utility will keep the bird bath cleaner, longer but that
chlorine will be gone in a few minutes if the are aerating it.
Rod Speed
Nov 28, 2021, 6:39:30 PM11/28/21
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micky <NONONO...@fmguy.com> wrote
> Clare Snyder <cl...@snyder.on.ca> wrote
Wouldn't be hard to secure it so that it doesn't get washed away.
> And running electcricty to a pump that will be
> 5 feet under water during the twice-yearly
> flood stage. That coudlnt' be good
In fact its trivial to do, bore pumps do it all the time.
> Clare Snyder <cl...@snyder.on.ca> wrote
> And running electcricty to a pump that will be
> 5 feet under water during the twice-yearly
> flood stage. That coudlnt' be good
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