Recent content by bluegill

Today I tore everything apart and fixed all the leaks and sweated on a ballvalve on the pressure side. Things seem to be working better although I still have some cavitation. I can live with what I have now. Thanks for all the advice and help. I'm staying out of HF unless what I want doesn't...

point well taken ballvalve.

After a little more investigation I'm thinking the pump is too powerful for the water draw on the well causing the cavitation. My next step is to install a flow control valve to slow down the sucking action of the pump. I thought it was an alternative that was not too difficult to do and might...

I have a summer cottage on a lake in N.E. Ohio. I shut the cottage down and drain the water each fall and then open it back up in the spring. This year I decided to get rid of my old jet pump and replace it. I bought one of those Harbor Freight 1hp shallow well pumps (max lift 164 ft, max...