"HomerS" wrote in message
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Hi, thanks - do you have and brand name recommendations? Pumps to
avoid?

Goulds is good. The places you buy from can advise on brands. In
general when shopping for something like that, given choices,
eliminate the cheapest one. I usually also eliminate the most
expensive one.
When you re-install be sure the footvalve is several feet off the
bottom of the well.

Harry K


I ended up with a 3/4 horse Star pump. I looked up the specs, and it's of
slightly lower capacity then the Goulds, but it was almost twice the
capacity of the el-cheapo Flotec that I had. I wish now that I had looked
up
the specs in advance - the Goulds 1/2 horse was adequate, the Flotec is an
overpriced piece of junk. This pump will probably drive 4 sprinklers,
since
the Goulds drove 3, and with pressure to spare


Please post a follow-up to this. I'd like to know how the Star pump
does, and number of sprinklers is a great real-world comparison.


It's a bit hard to compare because I replaced a 1/2 horse pump with a 3/4
horse pump. Right now it's driving two sprinklers. This bad boy zooms up to
45psi and shuts off. Tank discharges down to 25psi, pump comes on, zooms up
to 45psi, shuts off. It's running at 25-35% duty cycle. I'll give it the
acid test this coming week. I have a 3/4 gate valve between the pump and the
tank, and I'll be running it through a 3/4 hose to several sprinklers, so
I'll be able to see how many it can run, and I'll post results here.

For comparison purposes, the Goulds 1/2 horse pump would run 3 sprinklers,
the Flotec would never run more then 2. I'm betting I can run 4+ with the
bigger Star pump - I'll be dissapointed if it won't drive at least 4..