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Fountain questions fountain questions, got one? send it in. How do the fountains at Bellagio reach so high so quick? That is due to clever engineering and design, there are two cylinders side by side, the taller cylinder has a cone with the tip removed to form a nozzle. The 2nd cylinder is connected to the first cylinder via a pipe, this pipe has a valve. Both cylinders are just below the water surface , The 2nd cylinder is filled with compressed air to high pressure. The 1st cylinder fills with water from its surrounds, when its required to operate the valve is opened allowing the high pressure air to force the water out at great speed. the cycle is then repeated as and when required. But do bear in mind this is its principal and it has a copyright. ********************************** I have just brought a solar pump, i want to build a fountain with lots of water jets on it, I want the jets to be about 3m high, can you suggest which ones please, the pump has an outlet of 15mm. Without knowing what the pump is I can not be specific, but most solar pumps can not run more than one nozzle with the water reaching about 2 feet in height on a bright sunny day if you are lucky, let alone 3 m high. you may want to see this ************************************* Big fountain I have seen a very big pond with a fountain in the middle is it just an ordinary fountain? Without seeing it I can not comment, but i can tell you that you can have floating fountains, these are literally a float with a pump underneath and a nozzle on the top, they come in a variety of sizes, the bigger ones used for big areas cost tens of thousands of pounds each, no i am not joking. As you can see, some floating fountains really are big.
Floating fountains are very good in large lakes because by its nature the water level in a lake will vary trough time (days) A floating fountain will always sit on the water surface, where as a fixed pump will be sticking out proud if the water level drops too much.
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