Hi,
I was hoping that someone may be able to help me with a little technical question I have. I was reading a permaculture manual last night, a section on hydraulic rams. Now previous to this I was looking to buy a property with a river in order to build a mini hydro generator for electricity needs. The write up claimed that a head of as little as 0.5 M ( 1 1/2 feet ) could be used to generate a good head on the Ram, now I'm not 100% sure what constitues a head. So my question was this. Would it be possible to place the inlet for a hydraulic pump under any source of water ( for example a pond ) and expect the pressure from the water above the inlet to fill the ram and generate a head which could then be used to power a generator?