On 17 Jul 2005 10:09:53 -0700, sealy wrote:

Hi there! Has anyone ever heard of using a siphon to make a trickle
fountain? I haven't worked much with siphons and don't have a very good
grasp on physics but I thought with the right setup one might be able
to make a trickle fountain with a tall erect siphon,... kind of like
this Ascii illustration below, where the X's are the tubing and the
oo's is the water...? My main idea is to make a small fountain in the
backyard without using electricity...

........................................
.........XXXXXXX........................
.........X.....X........................
.........X.....X........................
.........X.....X........................
.........X.....X........................
.........X.....X........................
.........X.....X........................
.........X.....X........................
.........X.....X........................
.........X.....o........................
.........X.....o........................
.........X......o.o.ooooooo.............
.........X.............................

What are the dots? A siphon only works when delivering water from one
level to a lower one. If you need to raise water you need energy.

--
Regards - Rodney Pont
The from address exists but is mostly dumped,
please send any emails to the address below
e-mail ngpsm4 (at) infohitsystems (dot) ltd (dot) uk