On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:55:58 -0700, someone wrote:


200 feet away and that means schlepping maybe 20 watering cans one
at a time

How small a watering can is that? How big a hose? 400 feet round
trip x 20 is roughly 1.5 miles. Couldn't you use a bigger container
for less trips????

Is there any check valve at the intake end (and how good is it). If
not, OF COURSE all the water will flow into the lake. Pour water into
the high end of a hose, and why wouldn't it come out thre low end?

Is there some way of sucking the air out of the water hose. If the
inlet is in the lake, wouldn't the water then rise in the hose as the
air is vacated?

Well yeah, that is what I was going to ask. You don't seem to be
priming the PUMP so much as filling the hose. Now, some water pumps
can't hold a seal unless they are wet, so they have to be primed,
typically with about a coffee can full of water. If you actually
prime the pump itself, is it capable of sucking the air through???
Have you tried?

-v