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  1. hickster

    Low producing well, need storage tank info

    Thanks for the info! Where can a person buy this equipment ? Like I said he would like this in his basement due to the cold weather issues up here in wisconsin. Does anyone make tanks that can fit through a doorway in a home and still have enough storage?
  2. hickster

    Low producing well, need storage tank info

    I'm helping out a friend with a low producing well. His wife has finally said she has had enough. She wants water. The well has approx. 150 gal. in casing at static. I put a dole 2 gpm in his piping and well stills pumps dry. I suggested he might put in a storage tank. The problem is I...
  3. hickster

    2 inch deep well jet

    2" deep well jet (no water) Thanks for the info porky and everyone else. I pulled apart the packer assembly and cleaned everthing We replaced everything and lowered the packer to 25' and still maybe get only 1 - 2 gpm. The pump will build pressure to 50 psi no problem if I throttle on the...
  4. hickster

    2 inch deep well jet

    I recently was asked to help an old friend with his well. It is a 2" driven point with a 3/4 jet on the surface. We pulled the guts and found what appeared to be a packer assembly that fit down the 2" pipe. It was set down to 16' the water table is at 14' this appears to be a deep well jet...
  5. hickster

    Sandy Well "which pump"

    Just got a phone call from a person who has a 1 hp 3 wire sub. He states that he has been lifting the pump in his well for the last 20 years due to sand. He has it set at 130 feet. He explained to me at this depth he was repacing a pump basically every year. Once he installed the 1 hp pump he...
  6. hickster

    Submersible Pumps and multiple check valves?

    check valves Wisconsin also outlaws check valves installed above ground. In my neck of the woods we always place one an inch or two above the pump and that's it. Everyone does this, and have for quite some time. I never see problems with this application, except maybe when iron or other...
  7. hickster

    Blowing well

    Has anyone ever heard of or seen a blowing (not flowing) well? I can't seem to figure out what could cause this. This well should be in a sandstone formation covered with 100+ feet of clay. When my friend told me about this I thought he was hitting the bottle a little. No one in this area...
  8. hickster

    Does well cap need vent?

    well vent Speed bump , I hung a submersible pump on a 1'' poly line. I put a 1" csv next and than I added the in well tank, this all screwed into the bottom of the yard hydrant inlet. I placed a T right below the tank where I placed the "At the well Control Kit" made by monitor which runs up...
  9. hickster

    Does well cap need vent?

    venting well Hey valveman, The pressure tank in the well is made by "In well Technologies". I have used a 1" CSV. Im not sure what speed bump was referring to with the elbow thing but there are no elbows to speak of. The hydrant has a 1.25" outer galvanized pipe with a brass shut off drain...
  10. hickster

    Does well cap need vent?

    well vent Thanks for the info speedbump. As far as the hydrant is concerned the sanitary seal has a 1.25" opening in it as you probably know. I plan on placing the hydrant in this opening and down the well. The hydrant will rest on the sanitary seal. This way it can be used during the...
  11. hickster

    Does well cap need vent?

    I'm installing a sanitary well seal on a new well with a yard hydrant running down the center of it. I purchased a in the well pressure tank with a cycle stop valve. I have 2 holes in seal one for electrical and the other is where i'm placing the hydrant. I keep reading that I need the seal...
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