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Rephrased as Questions for Clarification Just edited my previous post as it should have been, in the form of questions: Can I: 1. locate a pressure tank 25 to 100 feet down-line from the pump's 1" discharge. 2. have garden-hose spigots and other taps off that 1" line between the pump...

Hello All: We're remodeling our house, including radiant-heat for the floor. The question is how? Located in south-central New Mexico, we are at 4,200 feet, but only 60 miles off the premier solar footprint of the country. We also have a hot mineral well that provides sufficient water...

Thank you all for your above advice. To be sure I understand your advice and what I've read in the forum, can I: 1. locate a pressure tank 25 to 100 feet down-line from the pump's 1" discharge; 2. have garden-hose spigots and other taps off that 1" line between the pump and the tank. TIA, BTT

"Just bypass the pressure switch." Thank you Valveman: Of course the owners manual doesn't mention this option. And, I'm in the dark as to how it would be done. Too, I'm wondering about the effect on the pump with this application, when using the water in a sporadic on/off applications...

"You should install a small tank , so the pump has something to wok against." Thank you Mr Teets: That's pretty much what my novice perspective indicated, but a "tank-sizing" formula that I found on the forum used a division factor of .27 x 10GPM, so I'd need a 30 gal tank, which I don't...

Situation: I'm replacing a 1hp shallow well pump for a 32' deep (105 degree) mineral-well with a 6" casing and 29' of 2" PVC with foot valve to draw water to the surface (about 10' above water table), then 15' horizontally to the pump. I'm replacing a cheap "$80 harbor freight" pump that I...