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Priming the Water Pump
I need some help on priming a water pump at the cottage. The pump
is located about 200 feet from the lake, maybe 6 feet higher in elevation. Due to circumstances, it isn't possible to locate the pump at the lake - I've looked into this - I know pumps are more efficient at pushing water instead of pulling water - in this case, it's just c'est la vie. My father used to prime the pump by pulling the inlet end of the hose out of the lake, putting a ladder up against a tree and tieing the hose to the tree, maybe 10 feet up and then using a watering can to fill up the hose, and when it was full, throwing the inlet back in the lake. That tree is history this year. Is it possible to fill up the hose at the pump end? There's a (screw valve?) there (a plug that screws in just before the water line enters the pump). Pore in the water through that valve into the hose and then reclose that valve. Problem is while there's plenty of water at the lake, there ain't any 200 feet away and that means schlepping maybe 20 watering cans one at a time to the pump and instead of filling up the hose relatively quickly, I'd be doing it gradually, over say 1 hour. Won't some/all of that water simply run back into the lake? I could maybe get a cart and lugg more water at one time, but it'd still take 3 or 4 trips and maybe 20 minutes. Is there some way of sucking the air out of the water hose. If the inlet is in the lake, wouldn't the water then rise in the hose as the air is vacated? Every spring it's been a lot of work to get the pump working. It's not the pump itself, just the distance involved and the impossibility of situating the pump at the lakes' edge. Mike |
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