Device Pumps Well Water Using Compressed Air (video)

[golf nut]

Originally Posted by hillbillyreefer

Amazing. I've got a similar device in my shop that is used to water cattle in the summer. The only difference is I use a windmill to power it.

There are tens of thousands of gas wells in North America that use the same principle to unload fluid from the wellbore. Once the fluid is displaced the gas can flow. Not really a new or unique concept, well maybe a couple hundred years ago it was.

Neat video though, would have been better if he'd used low technology to run his low technology pump.

So, could you tell us how it works?