Thunderstorms are currently moving through camp. The rain held off yesterday leaving the guests with a gorgous day to be on the mountain. It has been raining off and on all night and this morning. The precipitation should help to run our ram pump. The video above is our ram pump in motion. We have three forms of water pumps that pump water from the bottom of camp to the top of camp. The LeConte spring fills up a holding tank. The water is then pumped through our solar pump, ram pump, or our gas operated pump. The solar pump is the first option. It works great as long as we have enough solar power. If there is a great deal of water flow and the solar is not operating, the ram pump is then used. It takes 9 gallons of water going through the pump to run the pump and send a gallon of water to the holding tanks at the top of camp. If there is no sun or large volume of water, we have to resort to the gas powered pump. I am happy to say, we have pretty much alleviated the gas pump. The first two systems are extremely efficient. Once we pump the water to the tanks at the top of camp, the water is treated for public consumption and then gravity fed back to camp.
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Rod
6/1/2012 01:59:21 am
Very Cool. I love seeing systems that simply work using nothing more than energy that would be otherwise wasted.
Juanita foust
6/1/2012 02:57:35 am
That is cool
Juanita foust
6/1/2012 03:00:10 am
I am planning on coming up the mtn soon can not wait
Pat Scheiman
6/1/2012 08:59:45 am
We spent the night, Thursday May 31, and it, as always, was amazing. The staff does such a good jog. The weather coming down today, Friday, June 1st held off till we got to the bottom. There was a Ranger there that did such a good job with a presentation about the different animals introduced into the Park. Really enjoyed, wish I knew his name?
High On LeConte
6/2/2012 12:21:19 am
Pat, his name is Mark Pitt. I believe the book you are looking for is the little brown book called Hiking Trails of the Smokies. I am glad you enjoyed your stay. I hope you will visit us again on top of the mountain.
Pat
6/3/2012 01:45:12 pm
Thanks Allyson, hope to see you later in the year!
Pat Scheiman
6/1/2012 12:24:52 pm
When we were there on Thursday the 31st, the Ranger that did the presentation after dinner, I think his name was Mark, referenced a book about the different hiking trails. I forgot the name of the book, would you please give him my contact information and ask that he contact me concerning this book.. Thanks and thanks so much for a great visit!
Wendy
6/2/2012 05:12:03 pm
I also spent the night of May 31st "High on LeConte" with a group of friends and family. My husband and I were celebrating 9 years of wedded bliss and it could not have been a more beautiful setting. We honeymooned in the Smokies and have returned many times through the years and stared up at that big beautiful mountain never imagining that we would see the sights from on top. My husband's brother and sister-in-law had been up a couple of times and finally talked us in to a family trip. I will be forever grateful to them for this experience. The views, staff and food were all amazing. My husband especially loved the hot chocolate. Thanks for everything.
T3Goat
6/3/2012 03:00:59 am
Wow, this is the exact pump set up my dad was raised on at the farm in the 20's and 30's. These ram type pumps, many much bigger than this for livestock and irrigation purposes, were locally available. The big utilities HATE these things. Wonder why? Comments are closed.
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