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The directions say to use 2X the well water volume. Mine is a 6" well 243' deep with a 25' static water level. They want the calculation at 3 gallons a foot times the well depth. Works out to about 654 gallons. The mix is at 100ppm. The chemical usage is .0015 pounds per gallon, which worked out...

I wanted to post an update on my well water dilemma. I did another test and it was positive again for Coliform. I bought Sterilene and a used food-grade 275-gallon tote. After rinsing the tote several times I premixed 650 gallons(tote filled 3 times) of water with Sterilene and gravity flowed it...

I'll resample the water to make sure I don't have a bad test. Thanks for the info Reach4. Has anyone used the product Sterilene for a high PH well? See attached product file. Thanks, Steve

I just completed a pretty extensive well water test on my well in Turner, Oregon that was drilled in June of 2019. We are not living at the property and have run the pump only a few times since I installed it. Before the test we ran hundreds of gallons through it and shocked it with bleach. Then...

After I installed the pump I air pressure tested it with no water in the system. Basically the air was from the pump check valve through all the piping and couplers to just outside the pitless adapter. The gauge was installed at the pitless adapter outside of the well casing. Would you consider...

I installed the pump last weekend and wired it temporarily yesterday. A little never racking setting a pump for the first time, but everything went great. I put an air pressure gauge on the system at 50PSI and it only went down to 45 in a week. With the pump free-flowing it is producing about...

Good to know. Yes, I bought a steel cutting hole saw and plan to die grind the sharp edges. Next, I was going to use my 4.5" grinder and sanding disk and get the rust and debris off the outside of the casing so the rubber seal will make good contact. Do you use paint primer on the bare metal for...

Yes, mine is 6-5/8" diameter. Boycedrilling- When I "slip form" the dirt/bentonite should the pitless adapter be surrounded in bentonite too? No need to replace the mortar? I still scratching my head as to how they installed a thin layer of mortar, then bentonite on the outside. Do the well...

I'm pretty sure it's weight rated. I'll call the manufacture and find out. It's designed for electrical utilities. Since it's 4'X6' on top I would guess trucks could straddle it? Either way there is enough room to avoid it. I'll put it about 3' away from the well just in case I need to service...

Found this void about 30 inches from the ground. It is about 8 inches deep. Do I fill it with bentonite chips? I have a concrete vault(4'X6') that will be buried for the pressure tank and other components. How far away do I need to be from the well casing? Any code on this? Lastly, does the...

Yes, 100% outdoors. He used the 9.8amps from the nameplate. This is what I found reading on the internet as to why the smaller wire is used: Valveman(page 2, post#26)- "Using the longest length of the smallest wire possible will work like a reduced voltage soft starter, so you don't want to...

Back on my prior post #60 does my wire size calculation seem correct? So what size breaker then? Everything is located outdoors. Ran this by my electrician friend and he is freaking out about the voltage drop. He wants to use #10 in the well and #8 in the trench. Why is the NEC so different...

Sorry for any confusion. I went back and edited the pump number and removed the drawing. Directly off my pump, it says: MS402 PROD # 79952104. The motor has 3 wires coming out of it, 2 black and 1 green. Steve

Reach4, It's 2 wires plus a ground, so no controller. Originally I was going to put the pump a little deeper in the PVC perforations. The plan is to set it above the perforations so I'm going to skip the flow inducer. Steve

I bought a Grundfos 10s10-15 pump. Flomatic has numerous models of check valves. Which one do you installers like? With a pitless adaptor setup what is a popular cap to use on a 6" steel casing? I found a good price on flat jacketed 12/3(plus ground) submersible pump cable. It's one more wire...