On Apr 14, 10:35*pm, Lil Abner wrote:
On 4/13/2011 10:00 AM, Pavel314 wrote:



We have a submersible pump in a 125' well to provide water to the
house. The water just stopped last night while my wife was preparing
dinner. Since the pump is only five years old, I suspected the
pressure-sensing-relay-switching thing. After checking which lines in
the gizmo had power, I was even more convinced. A few taps with the
ball peen hammer didn't fix it so we got the plumber out this morning.
He confirmed my suspicions and $497 later we had water again.

In an emergency we can bring pails of water from the pump house down
by the barn but that's a hundred yards down the lane. My wife
suggested putting an old-fashioned hand pump on the house well head in
the back yard, which would be much closer. That would be decorative
and functional, a clever idea I thought.

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.

Paul

Most folks that can have two pumps. One in Use an one to swap out which
is pretty quick if you have the stuff ready. I don;t much care for a
submersible under a house etc, It needs a seperaet well house, well made
and insulated with switches and heaters and tall enough, if needed and
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A well house is the next to last place to install the equipment (under
house is worst). You want that equipment where it is easily
serviceable and protectedf rom freezing without additional heat. Put
the pump controls, pressure tank and filters in the house if at all
possible. I worked on these systems off and one for 50 years. Hated
every one of those "crawl down into the well houise and try to find
room to work" abortions.

Harry K