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June 13, 2010
Mighty Pump
From the website:
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Quickly drain your outdoor pool cover, inflatable pool, garden pond, hot tub — any place with excess water.
Simply connect between two garden hoses and immerse — it's powered by the force of water pressure.
No moving parts to break and no batteries to recharge or replace.
Because it uses no electricity it's always reliable.
Heavy-duty plastic won't rust or corrode.
4" long.
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Yeah, I was thinking siphon, too.
I learned about the siphon thing when I was a kid and discovered that a flexible tiny-diameter plastic tube could provide a constant trickle of Co-Cola into my mouth as long as the glass was up on the nightstand, higher than my head on the pillow. As a kid I was constantly on the lookout for ways to be more lazy. Can't say I've changed too much.
Posted by: Flautist | Jun 15, 2010 3:32:04 PM
If HeavyG is correct, this is a complete waste of a product. (i.e. wasted water and wasted money buying this product). I was wondering how it is "powered by the force of water pressure", but I didn't think about actually running the hose to a spigot!!
If you already have a garden hose, you can use a simple siphon to get water out of any container, provided you can place the end that is not in the water below the water level in the container.
You do have to use a bit of your own power to "prime the pump" (think drinking straw), but it will continually empty your container as long as you keep one end in the water and the other below the water level.
Posted by: EEJ | Jun 15, 2010 12:41:30 PM
I wonder what the ratio is of fresh potable water used for every gallon of dirty water removed? 1:1? 2:1? 3:1? X:X?
Posted by: HeavyG | Jun 13, 2010 4:12:15 PM
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