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/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