When a water pump falls to draw water, a bucket of water poured into it sets it

When a water pump falls to draw water, a bucket of water
poured into it sets it working. Why ?

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When a water pump falls to draw water, a bucket of water poured into it sets it working. Why ?..

Answer / vidya

If the pump is filled with air instead of water, the air is too elastic, (too compressible) for the typically designed pump to work. An exception would be a self priming pump (which is more efficient at pumping air). However, Even a perfectly designed self priming pump can not draw water from more than 32 feet because of the limitation of atmospheric pressure.

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When a water pump falls to draw water, a bucket of water poured into it sets it working. Why ?..

Answer / george

water pump requires the inlet pipe to be filled with water
for it to function . Due to various reasons the tube could
do dry (like running the pump dry). By pouring the water, we
are basically filling this tube. Once the tube is full, its
ready to pump water again. This activity is called priming a
pump

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When a water pump falls to draw water, a bucket of water poured into it sets it working. Why ?..

Answer / sanju

The leather washer is dried up and when water is poured into
barrel, it gets moistened and begins to work.

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