Hi guys. Been working on my 50 year old well. Tried Jim's air bubbler system and got spurts of water. Found a 30 year old monkey wards convertible jet pump on the junk pile that ran. Hooked it up with garden hose and no luck. Took the pump apart and the impeller was gone.
Bought a 2 horse, 14 stage, 35 gpm, 230 volt submersible and ran it in with a 100 foot of 1.25 inch PE pipe using .75 inch PE pipe for conduit. Right now I have it sitting at 120 feet with 2 garden hoses attached to the 1.25 inch pipe since the supply house has the 1.25 pipe on back order till later this week.
Well data is 169 feet deep with water originally at 20 feet with 8 inch steel casing that has rust breaking off the inside. Been pumping on it for a few days at 120 feet. After pipe comes in I will go on down to 150 or 160 feet. Volume for 8 inch ID casing is 2.611 gallons per foot.
Saturday I ran it till dry. Yesterday I ran the pump after a 24 hour wait and it pumped for 8 minutes 6 seconds before going dry. A 5 gallon bucket test a few times shows it fills in 20 seconds so it is pumping about 15 gpm and recharged 121 gallons in 24 hours. I hope it does better when I can run it on down towards bottom.
Question is how do I hook it up for garden watering use and have it automatically shut down if it runs dry as I don't want to burn the pump up? First thought I needed a pressure tank but now think I can use a pressure switch just using pipe pressure. I have an old 20/40 pressure switch and I need to hook up a gauge on the hose to see what pressure is coming out although it shoots out a solid stream about 10 feet from end of hose. I assume the increased head pressure when I drop it on down will cut back on the flow rate and pressure. If the well won't sustain 15 gpm then I need to close it down some. Still have to pump it a long time before I can test it as a bucket of water is cloudy and it has an strong iron taste. Thanks for the help.
Bought a 2 horse, 14 stage, 35 gpm, 230 volt submersible and ran it in with a 100 foot of 1.25 inch PE pipe using .75 inch PE pipe for conduit. Right now I have it sitting at 120 feet with 2 garden hoses attached to the 1.25 inch pipe since the supply house has the 1.25 pipe on back order till later this week.
Well data is 169 feet deep with water originally at 20 feet with 8 inch steel casing that has rust breaking off the inside. Been pumping on it for a few days at 120 feet. After pipe comes in I will go on down to 150 or 160 feet. Volume for 8 inch ID casing is 2.611 gallons per foot.
Saturday I ran it till dry. Yesterday I ran the pump after a 24 hour wait and it pumped for 8 minutes 6 seconds before going dry. A 5 gallon bucket test a few times shows it fills in 20 seconds so it is pumping about 15 gpm and recharged 121 gallons in 24 hours. I hope it does better when I can run it on down towards bottom.
Question is how do I hook it up for garden watering use and have it automatically shut down if it runs dry as I don't want to burn the pump up? First thought I needed a pressure tank but now think I can use a pressure switch just using pipe pressure. I have an old 20/40 pressure switch and I need to hook up a gauge on the hose to see what pressure is coming out although it shoots out a solid stream about 10 feet from end of hose. I assume the increased head pressure when I drop it on down will cut back on the flow rate and pressure. If the well won't sustain 15 gpm then I need to close it down some. Still have to pump it a long time before I can test it as a bucket of water is cloudy and it has an strong iron taste. Thanks for the help.