Difference between revisions of "Bucket and basket lifts"
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|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:swing basket icon.png|center|link=http://akvo.org/wiki/index.php/Swing_basket]] | |style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:swing basket icon.png|center|link=http://akvo.org/wiki/index.php/Swing_basket]] | ||
− | |style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:bucket hoist icon.png|center|link=http://akvo.org/wiki/index.php/Bucket_hoists,_Windlasses,_and_Mohtes]] | + | |style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:bucket hoist icon.png|center|100px|link=http://akvo.org/wiki/index.php/Bucket_hoists,_Windlasses,_and_Mohtes]] |
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:bucket pump icon.png|center|link=http://akvo.org/wiki/index.php/Bucket_pump]] | |style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:bucket pump icon.png|center|link=http://akvo.org/wiki/index.php/Bucket_pump]] | ||
|style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:counterpoise lift icon.png|center|link=http://akvo.org/wiki/index.php/Counterpoise_lift]] | |style="background:#efefef;"|[[Image:counterpoise lift icon.png|center|link=http://akvo.org/wiki/index.php/Counterpoise_lift]] |
Revision as of 06:37, 16 February 2013
Bucket and basket lifting involves speeding up the process of filling, lifting and emptying a bucket (or basket). Several of these very low-tech solutions for lifting water have been around for centuries. There are many pumps that work faster with less effort, but are more costly. So these water lifting devices are good to know about in case better technologies cannot be acquired or breakdown.