You all have helped me a ton on this well already and I think I've about got it fine tuned. But I had a question about well recovery rates.
I have a 1hp pump 10S10-15. Well at 256', pump at 240' and water at 40'. Switch at 40/60. CSV at 55psi. Sprinkler use.
I have issues with nearly pumping my well off. I just don't see how it goes from 40 ft to 220ft. in 45min. So there's only about 400gal in my well to use in 45 min.?
Anyway, I put different nossles on my heads to reduce the demand to 7.5gpm.
I am running the well now for 8min/station (6stations), so 48min. At that point my pump starts cavitating and I'm assuming I'm nearly pumping my well off. I'm assuming the water level is near my pump?
So I plan on running it for 5min/6 stations, so 30 min. total run time. I am pretty sure that will not bring my water level down so far.
1. So if that works how long do you think until my well recovers until I can run my stations again? Or will that be able to be answered without trial and error?
2. I also assume that cavitating is bad and the well should be shut off if I catch it doing that. Although I'm not getting air yet. Just not really any water.
Thanks in advance!
I have a 1hp pump 10S10-15. Well at 256', pump at 240' and water at 40'. Switch at 40/60. CSV at 55psi. Sprinkler use.
I have issues with nearly pumping my well off. I just don't see how it goes from 40 ft to 220ft. in 45min. So there's only about 400gal in my well to use in 45 min.?
Anyway, I put different nossles on my heads to reduce the demand to 7.5gpm.
I am running the well now for 8min/station (6stations), so 48min. At that point my pump starts cavitating and I'm assuming I'm nearly pumping my well off. I'm assuming the water level is near my pump?
So I plan on running it for 5min/6 stations, so 30 min. total run time. I am pretty sure that will not bring my water level down so far.
1. So if that works how long do you think until my well recovers until I can run my stations again? Or will that be able to be answered without trial and error?
2. I also assume that cavitating is bad and the well should be shut off if I catch it doing that. Although I'm not getting air yet. Just not really any water.
Thanks in advance!