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Pumps, Wells, Tanks, Controls / Re: Design Help Please
« on: February 28, 2018, 12:48:16 PM »
Thanks for the reply Cary!
You know your right! I can adjust pressure. I have just been "scared" to TURN IT UP
afraid of busted water lines. See this system was inherited from my grand parents. I have lived on this property my whole life (37 years). We have conserved water as long as I can remember because up until a few years ago we had 4 houses on this pump. But we have never ran it dry even at the most dry years.
I know the pump is hanging apx. 300 feet in the well. I have had to pull it years ago to replace the wire going to the pump. Pump surge banging the pump around chafed the wire. New wire and a few boots no problems since. The Franklin control box is a 1-1.5 horse (you ca go bigger with control box but not smaller) so who knows if its 3/4 horse, 1 horse,1.5 horse??? My pops kept a spare control box and pressure switch (I do now) and the "good" Franklin control boxes are the 1-1.5 horse. (has the big capacitors and all in them).
Last year going to the big house (one further est from the well) we had a major leak. One day just no water. We could turn that house off and every where else had water. So I go half way and dig the line up and toss in a shut off valve, bAm! water pressure. Walked the line to the house and could not find anything. There was no telling how long the pump ran before someone got home to find no water. Any ways I just trenched a new 1 inch PVC line to the house. The rest of the lines are 1 inch black roll plastic lines to the house. Inside the houses are 1/2 inch CPVC pipe.
I wish there was a way I could "test" gallons per minute my well would produce.......
You know your right! I can adjust pressure. I have just been "scared" to TURN IT UP
afraid of busted water lines. See this system was inherited from my grand parents. I have lived on this property my whole life (37 years). We have conserved water as long as I can remember because up until a few years ago we had 4 houses on this pump. But we have never ran it dry even at the most dry years. I know the pump is hanging apx. 300 feet in the well. I have had to pull it years ago to replace the wire going to the pump. Pump surge banging the pump around chafed the wire. New wire and a few boots no problems since. The Franklin control box is a 1-1.5 horse (you ca go bigger with control box but not smaller) so who knows if its 3/4 horse, 1 horse,1.5 horse??? My pops kept a spare control box and pressure switch (I do now) and the "good" Franklin control boxes are the 1-1.5 horse. (has the big capacitors and all in them).
Last year going to the big house (one further est from the well) we had a major leak. One day just no water. We could turn that house off and every where else had water. So I go half way and dig the line up and toss in a shut off valve, bAm! water pressure. Walked the line to the house and could not find anything. There was no telling how long the pump ran before someone got home to find no water. Any ways I just trenched a new 1 inch PVC line to the house. The rest of the lines are 1 inch black roll plastic lines to the house. Inside the houses are 1/2 inch CPVC pipe.
I wish there was a way I could "test" gallons per minute my well would produce.......