[SEL] Thermo-syphon Question

[peter ogborne]

I think percolate was a bloody good description of what happens . 
Percolate....intrans [lit and fig] To filter,ooze,drip gradually through. 
You got it JB!!!
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> ---- Ray Freeman Portable Line Boring <plb at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>> Well we have all been informed Edd! I hope you have learned from your
>> inexperience (something this list is so good as correcting) I now know 
>> that
>> my tank cooled Corbett Williams has a thermo siphon system, that is until
>> the water level drops .001 below the pipe then it's a percolating system 
>> !
>> Ray Freeman
>> Perth WA
>>
> Have you ever syphoned water from a container? Hold the hose .001 above 
> the water level and see how much you can syphon. If everything isn't under 
> water it's not a syphon. Percolating is a term I used because I don't know 
> the correct one, but I know what it isn't.
> J.B. Castagnos
> Belle Rose, LA
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