On Apr 13, 12:49*pm, "
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On Apr 13, 11:59*am, "Pico Rico" wrote:





"Doug Miller" wrote in message

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In article , "Pico Rico"
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Is that possible? I thought of dropping a 125' hose down the well
shaft and attaching it to a hand pump up top but don't hand pumps only
work to a depth of 15' or so? Something to do with air pressure I
believe. Even if it worked at that depth, we'd have to remove the hand
pump and hose if the submersible pump ever needed repair or
replacement, but that only happens about every 15 or 20 years.

Opinions appreciated.

How about dropping a small 12 volt pump down the well - why use muscle
power
when you could connect a battery?

He's going to have to put something down the well, anyway -- it's
completely
impossible to pull water from that depth with a hand pump.

it depends what kind of pump you use.

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Of course the problem then becomes how practical it is as a temporary
emergency solution. *You can't have the submersible and those deep
well hand pumps in the typical well at the same time. * So you'd have
to pull the failed sumbersible first. *At that point, it would seem to
me
a better solution would be to have a spare pump on hand.

Or just use bottled water until the pump can be replaced.

The real tragedy here is the OP apparenlty figured out it was the
pressure switch and then still wound up calling a well company
and paying $450. *With just a little more investigating and testing
he could have figured it out for sure and replaced it for $30.
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I entirely agree, but I have occasional tragedies of this nature,
mostly due to having the day job. Sometimes you just can't take off
because of deadlines and meetings and other obligations so you pay the
fee to have someone else do it.

Occasionally, I'll take off to fix something but sometimes I get
caught in the cascading repair syndrome. You may have done this too.
You're sure that Part A is causing the problem so you run up to the
parts store and get a new Part A. After installation, the thing still
doesn't work so you go back and get Part B. After installation, it
still doesn't work but it's lunchtime. After lunch, you go back to buy
Part C, which has to work because it's the only thing you haven't
replaced yet. You finish as the Sun sets and push the start button;
still no go. So you call the repairman and he comes out the next
morning and fixes it for $497. Plus the wasted day and $200 in Parts
A, B and C.

Paul