Everything You Need To Know About Water pumping windmills

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Everything You Need To Know About Water pumping windmills 

 Know About Water pumping windmills 
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The windmill’s wheel (fan) has 15 to 40 galvanized steel blades which spin around on a shaft. The shaft drives a geared mechanism that converts rotary motion to an up-and-down motion like a piston in a car engine. That motion drives a long pump rod (aka sucker rod) going up and down inside of a pipe in the well.
Attached to the end of the pipe is a cylinder with a sealed plunger going up and down in it that forces the water up the pipe.To read more info on water pumping windmills click the link below.

All You Need To Know About Water pumping windmills