450' well 50' static, 1hp grundfos @420' draws 8.6 amps but no water

[randall loemker]

Worked fine for aboutr 10 years, then stopped delivering water. Any thoughts anyone?

 

[Reach4]

Hole in the down pipe? Would have to be a big hole if no water.

Is it really no water? If you open a spigot, does water come out (beyond drips from residual)?

 

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[Valveman]

Yeah 8.6 amps with a Grundfos means it is pumping a lot of water. You either have a hole in the well pipe or the pump is unscrewed from the pipe.

 

[randall loemker]

Yeah 8.6 amps with a Grundfos means it is pumping a lot of water. You either have a hole in the well pipe or the pump is unscrewed from the pipe.

I suspect the latter. I don't think there's a pump safety cable. Odd's of pulling it up by it's wires?

 

[LLigetfa]

If that is the case, then the wires are carrying the weight of the pump now so unless it snags something on the way up, it should lift it to the 50 foot static level. After that it gets heavier.

 

[Valveman]

Pulled lots of pumps by the wire. Just go slow and don't snag it on anything.