I had the casing extended on my well. Most of you probably familiar.
New pump, motor, pitless, tank, CSV, etc.
Well was probably drilled in the 1960's. So the well is nearly 50yrs old.
The water is used primarily for the sprinkler system. So I put a 50 mesh AFI "clear" action machine filter on it to filter debris which seemed prevalent on the old system. Which is what the guy suggested.
I'm getting the same debris on the new system. It resembles coffee grounds. Looks like rust. If you smoosh it between your fingers it smears into a powder. However, water is clear.
Anyway it clogs my filter about 20 minutes into the first station on my sprinkler system, and I have major flow loss to where my heads just dribble water. So I clean it out it and it works great for 20-30min and it happens again.
I've run the water frequently and for about an hour at a time on the garden hose to try to flush this out since the well has just been on for a week or two. I figured it was rust flaking off the casing and it would clear up after a few days. But it hasn't.
Do you think my casing is toast? If it is, I just spent $3500 for nothing!
Wouldn't they have told me before we went through all this?
If you don't think my casing is toast(based on age?) could I put a larger mesh filter on? I'm just afraid if some of the grounds were to get through they would clog my valves on my sprinker system. Is the 50 size mesh what I need or do I need to look at a different type of filter altogether? The also make a sand separator type filter. (http://www.actionfilters.com/content/?page=8)
New pump, motor, pitless, tank, CSV, etc.
Well was probably drilled in the 1960's. So the well is nearly 50yrs old.
The water is used primarily for the sprinkler system. So I put a 50 mesh AFI "clear" action machine filter on it to filter debris which seemed prevalent on the old system. Which is what the guy suggested.
I'm getting the same debris on the new system. It resembles coffee grounds. Looks like rust. If you smoosh it between your fingers it smears into a powder. However, water is clear.
Anyway it clogs my filter about 20 minutes into the first station on my sprinkler system, and I have major flow loss to where my heads just dribble water. So I clean it out it and it works great for 20-30min and it happens again.
I've run the water frequently and for about an hour at a time on the garden hose to try to flush this out since the well has just been on for a week or two. I figured it was rust flaking off the casing and it would clear up after a few days. But it hasn't.
Do you think my casing is toast? If it is, I just spent $3500 for nothing!
Wouldn't they have told me before we went through all this?
If you don't think my casing is toast(based on age?) could I put a larger mesh filter on? I'm just afraid if some of the grounds were to get through they would clog my valves on my sprinker system. Is the 50 size mesh what I need or do I need to look at a different type of filter altogether? The also make a sand separator type filter. (http://www.actionfilters.com/content/?page=8)