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Re: Well water hand pump?
[Re: nvwrangler]
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11/15/20 02:57 PM
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Allan Minear
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How strong are you and how many gallons per minute do you want to pump ? As for depth I've set cylinders or working barrels anywhere from 25' to close to 800' or somewhere around that depth.
It's best if the well casing is at least a 5" lined casing with a 3" cylinder hung on 1 1/4" galvanized pipe with sucker rod inside it . The 1 1/4" galvanized pipe comes in either 18' or 21' lengths 7/16" sucker rod is the same . This isnt something you'll be setting by hand so get someone who has a service rig for setting pumps and pipe .
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Re: Well water hand pump?
[Re: nvwrangler]
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11/15/20 03:05 PM
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Two kinds of hand pumps for wells.
"Pitcher"pumps draw water up under vacuum. These are the pumps that are completely on top of the well with a drop pipe that dips down into the water. Those pumps typically have a 1-1/4" threaded fitting for a pipe. Hand pumps don't move a lot of volume so 1-1/4" pipe is overkill. Mine is reduced down to 3/4" black poly pipe and works fine. These can only pump water about 25'. The weight of more than 25' of water causes the column of water to separate as you're trying to pull it up the pipe.
There are pumps that are at the bottom of the well with a drive rod that runs from the pump handle on top down to the pump. Instead of pulling water up with a vacuum, they push water up from the bottom. I guess there is no limit how far they can pump except that water is heavy. The farther you pump it, the less volume you will be able to pump. I've seen setups for 300' but I suspect it wasn't pumping much more than a trickle.
Last edited by maintenanceguy; 11/15/20 03:36 PM.
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Re: Well water hand pump?
[Re: nvwrangler]
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11/15/20 03:13 PM
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Ill pull my well paper work and look at what is there. It would just be for an extream emergency for drinking water. Its got an electric pump in it now and its working just looking into a back up . generator big enough to run the pump might be an easier option.
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Re: Well water hand pump?
[Re: nvwrangler]
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11/15/20 03:18 PM
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Re: Well water hand pump?
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11/15/20 05:02 PM
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You can push water much further than you can suck it, That is why submersible work so well, with a jet pump you loose half of your water volume because half of the water goes down the well to push up the water.. I get about 4.O gpm at 80 feet.
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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