Chucky_ott
Active Member
Hi,
I have a shallow well with a jet pump at the cottage. It's working well but is always a pain to set up at the start of the season. To prime it, I have to fill the entire suction line (50ft of 1-1/4" poly pipe) with water. If there is air in the suction line for whatever reason, the pump loses prime and I have to re-prime. If it loses prime during the season, I have to make sure there are no leaks before re-priming.
I'm the only one who knows how to resolve these issues and no one else who uses the cottage (wife, daughters, brother in law, nieces, and nephews) appear to have the interest or technical knowledge to learn how to do it.
Anyways, my cousin has a cottage next to ours and her husband recently passed away. I set up her well this weekend. It is a shallow well piston pump. Probably at least 50 years old. All I did to set it up was remove the priming plug, add a bit of water, and turned it on. Water pressure built up in the pressure tank within two minutes. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
So now I'm thinking of eventually replacing the jet pump with a piston pump to make it easier for anyone else to maintain and set up.
Other than what appears to be the piston pumps' ability to self-prime, are there other advantages of one pump type over another? This is for a shallow well only.
Thanks
I have a shallow well with a jet pump at the cottage. It's working well but is always a pain to set up at the start of the season. To prime it, I have to fill the entire suction line (50ft of 1-1/4" poly pipe) with water. If there is air in the suction line for whatever reason, the pump loses prime and I have to re-prime. If it loses prime during the season, I have to make sure there are no leaks before re-priming.
I'm the only one who knows how to resolve these issues and no one else who uses the cottage (wife, daughters, brother in law, nieces, and nephews) appear to have the interest or technical knowledge to learn how to do it.
Anyways, my cousin has a cottage next to ours and her husband recently passed away. I set up her well this weekend. It is a shallow well piston pump. Probably at least 50 years old. All I did to set it up was remove the priming plug, add a bit of water, and turned it on. Water pressure built up in the pressure tank within two minutes. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.
So now I'm thinking of eventually replacing the jet pump with a piston pump to make it easier for anyone else to maintain and set up.
Other than what appears to be the piston pumps' ability to self-prime, are there other advantages of one pump type over another? This is for a shallow well only.
Thanks