On Jul 18, 3:11*pm, "John Grabowski" wrote:
Confess that I don't know a well from a hole in the ground, but since
I've been 1/2 owner of one for a couple of years I think I'd like to
begin to understand the thing. If you're having a particularly boring
day you're welcome to view pics:

http://members.cox.net/prestwich/well/7t.jpg
http://members.cox.net/prestwich/well/8t.jpg
http://members.cox.net/prestwich/well/9t.jpg
http://members.cox.net/prestwich/well/10t.jpg
http://members.cox.net/prestwich/well/12t.jpg
http://members.cox.net/prestwich/well/14t.jpg

I have no idea what any of that stuff is, other than the hose bibs. I
think my main questions at this point a

1. Does all this look reasonable and normal?

*No. *There is a broken electrical conduit nipple for the pump controller at
the wellhead. *The controller looks like it was made for indoors. *Duct tape
is not an approved cover fastener. *The wiring at the tank is for indoors,
but the tank looks as though it is outside. *It looks as though you need an
electrician to clean this up.




Agree with the above. This clearly never passed an inspection.




2. Do all well systems work more or less the same way, with a set of
standard components and sub-systems?

All wells don't work the same way. As Pete pointed out what you have
is a submersible type pump where the pump is located down the
well casing. It's connected to a tank which holds some reserve
amount
of water so the pump doesn't have to kick on with each draw of water.
That type of system is very common.




3. Does anyone know of a *good* book, video, or website that explains
wells well? I don't know enough to even a
sk many intelligent questions
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Unfortunately, no.