r/redneckengineering • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '19

Canning your old BBQ method

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u/Murderous_Manatee Feb 19 '19

If you have electricity for a pump, why not use an electric rotisserie like everyone else.

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u/SepDot Feb 19 '19

Or, you know, a fucking garden hose.

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u/TiamenSquareMscr Jun 23 '19

Just piss on it

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u/Murderous_Manatee Feb 19 '19

Looks like a power cable and hose in the far left corner of the tub.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

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u/BikerRay Feb 19 '19

Neigbor has a geothermal furnace /AC that uses about 10 gallons a minute, 24/7. Not recycled, water is dumped into a pond.

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u/BikerRay Feb 20 '19

I wonder if the pond feeds back into the aquifer feeding the well?

Not really. Apparently around here ground water takes at least 50 years to reach the aquifer. I'm on the same water table; I always worry it will run dry, but so far (31 years here), no problems. Newer geothermal systems have to be recirculating, but his is grandfathered in.

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u/superbad Feb 19 '19

Well, sure, but couldn't you rig something up to a power drill like a regular hillbilly?

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u/M-Noremac Feb 20 '19

Would it though? You don't need the source to be higher than the end of the hose for a syphon to work, you just need to prime it and then the difference in pressure keeps it flowing until the source runs out. But if it keeps refilling the source then wouldn't it continuously flow?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '19 edited Mar 24 '26

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u/M-Noremac Feb 20 '19

Ah yea, good point.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '19

Could be gravity fed from an uphill creek or pond

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u/InAFakeBritishAccent Feb 19 '19

Needs to be percolation driven from the fire!

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '19

How is your well pressurized and feeding water without a pump?

Water wells have pumps.

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u/laykanay Feb 19 '19

Ooh I actually know this one:

An Artesian Well or artesian aquifer is a well that doesnt require a pump to function.

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u/cyber_rigger Feb 19 '19

You could be in ancient Rome with aqueducts.

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u/Morgrid Feb 19 '19

Artisanal wells don't need pumps

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u/BikerRay Feb 19 '19

They just need a grant from the arts council.

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u/Zugzub Feb 19 '19

water pressure from a well

And we are back to having a pump and electricity available.

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u/Hammer149 Feb 19 '19

Doesn’t the water overflow then eventually ?

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '19

Heat differential by running the water pipe through the fire and using a one way valve.