tartrazine
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As you could see under a previous posting I made, I think that I burned out my submersible pump running my well for long periods throttled back to 4gpm. I'm just getting around to trying to replace it. I've read a few instructions and watched a few videos on pulling well pumps online. I was expecting to need to make a long T handled tool out of 1" pipe that I would lower into the well and screw into the top of a pitless adapter.
When I took the cap off my well though, it looks a little different than what I've seen. See the image below. Do I just screw a pipe into the pipe coupler sticking up there and pull? I'm hoping that this does not indicate that the drop pipe is galvanized. Note that here was a large nut on that piece of threaded rod sticking through the hole, that when I unscrewed it, it broke off a piece of that metal flange thing.
Also, is it a problem to leave the cap off like this, as far as bacterial contamination?
This is for well that's probably 40 years old, I think 160ft.
Thanks for any help that can be offered.
When I took the cap off my well though, it looks a little different than what I've seen. See the image below. Do I just screw a pipe into the pipe coupler sticking up there and pull? I'm hoping that this does not indicate that the drop pipe is galvanized. Note that here was a large nut on that piece of threaded rod sticking through the hole, that when I unscrewed it, it broke off a piece of that metal flange thing.
Also, is it a problem to leave the cap off like this, as far as bacterial contamination?
This is for well that's probably 40 years old, I think 160ft.
Thanks for any help that can be offered.
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