Originally Posted by David Parker
Originally Posted by Jake
Ahh, but now I see that you just want to generate the vacuum with a column of water.

The coil won't work - you need 33.5 vertical feet in a column of water to match 14.5 psi. It's the only way to get the gravity to add up.


If you have a column of water descending 33 feet creating a vacuum space above it, then the water at the surface of that column will, in essence, boil. The vacuum space will have a considerable amount of water vapor in that volume. Will the presence of that "dampness" have an adverse effect on the curing process?


Ahhhh...great point! Because the water will boil/evaporate, you will never achieve a consistent maximum vacuum that way - the water vapor will continue to fill the vacuum space and reduce it somewhat.


Jake Kohl