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lloyd arthur
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Posted: 08:25pm 08 Oct 2005      

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Chris

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Posted: 10:21am 09 Oct 2005      

Nice, How many blades is that?
lloyd arthur
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Posted: 02:55am 10 Oct 2005      

chris

it has got 12 blades  that are 24 inches long pluse the hub in the center is 8 inches

have sold 4 in town here    most of them are for pond air

 

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Chris

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Posted: 08:03am 11 Oct 2005      

Do you put a generator on them at all?

They would have some potential for some nice power, not huge power but you could make some use of it if you attached a F&P to it...
lloyd arthur
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Posted: 01:39pm 12 Oct 2005      

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lloyd arthur
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Posted: 01:45pm 12 Oct 2005      

we  mounted a  truck pankaed to pump air  to the pool

made a small crankshaft  to run the rod up to the pump put check valves in line got plenty air pressure about 40 lbs

our lake is about 20 feet deep  keeps the lake frome freezeing

lloyd

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lloyd arthur
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Posted: 01:52pm 12 Oct 2005      

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Posted: 12:10am 13 Oct 2005      

Hi Arthur

Thats a fine looking machine. Lots of blades makes lots of torque. And 40psi is proof that it works.

Its interresting to find out about using air to stop the pond freezing. I live in the tropics and have the opposite problem, water getting to hot. I have a pond with gold fish and the mid day sun heats the water to the point that the fish die. So I use a small pump to spray the water into the air to help cool it.

Thanks for the pictures.

Glenn

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lloyd arthur
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Posted: 12:22am 13 Oct 2005      

well we use the air to airate the pond in the summer

it helps it in a lot of ways  moss ; scum ;  keeps the water a lot cleaner than when it is not running

it gets hot here in  the great state of illinois

so it runs winter and summer have got some pic showing the ice hole about 15 feet across

lloyd

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