Didn't see the whole thread, but the easiest way to start a siphon is to lower
one end of the hose into what you want to siphon, fill the hose with water from
the faucet, turn off the faucet, and disconnect the hose at the faucet. Once
the hose is disconnected, the water will start siphoning, as long as the faucet
is lower than what you're trying to siphon. And even if it's not, as long as
some part of the ground on which the hose is resting is lower than the source,
once the open end is lowered to that level, the siphoning will start. This is
much easier than trying to use a pump, which is unnecessary, anyway.

"Daniel Phillips" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 12:22:33 -0400, "Susan H. Simko"
wrote:

Something you might want to try, also cheap, is a drill powered syphon.
I bought one at Lowes for under $10. It's just a little device that
hooks up to the drill and has connections for a hose on both sides. I
stole the connector hoses (relatively short) that run from my hose reels
to the spigot for use on either side. It worked great.

The pump was in the sump pump area at Lowes. I didn't even know about
them until I described what I wanted to do and what I optimally wanted
to spend and the guy told me had the perfect thing for me and grabbed
the box off the shelf. He was right.

Susan
shsimko[@]duke[.]edu

Sounds like a good plan! But...hooks up to the drill? It needs a
standard power drill, right? Does it have to be a specific type of
drill?

Daniel Phillips

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