Moving pump

[Grunt]

Had a starite 1hp pump for 30 + years which sat ontop of a large bladder tank & was reasonably quiet.
Have a j10s now on top of new bladder tank & it is noisey compared to the starite. Want to move the pump to the slab figure it will be less noisey than sitting atop a 20 gal bladder tank but wundering should I bolt the pump directly to the slab or bolt it down with rubber between pump & slab ?
V / R Grunt

 

[Banjo Bud]

I have my J5 bolted directly to the concrete floor in my garage. It’s very quiet. I thought about the rubber too but did it without figuring I’d test it first. I can always put the rubber in but truly I don’t think it could be any quieter than it is.

 

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[Grunt]

Thanx for the reply; was also wondering that taking the pump off of the top of the pressure tank & bolting it to the slab puts it 3 feet closer to the static water level of the well would there be a noticeable increase in the gpm ?
V / R Grunt

 

[Banjo Bud]

You could probably measure a difference but I doubt it’ll be big enough to visibly notice it. It surely won’t hurt anything as far as flow rate. I have a PK1A system with a CSV. The tank is only 2 gallons. Awesome system. My pressure switch is 40-60 but the water pressure at the faucet, once it drops to 40, comes back up to 55 in a few seconds. Then stays there for as long as I’m using water.

 

[Reach4]

Thanx for the reply; was also wondering that taking the pump off of the top of the pressure tank & bolting it to the slab puts it 3 feet closer to the static water level of the well would there be a noticeable increase in the gpm ?

Noticeable? Maybe, but probably not. If your static water level is fairly low or falls much as you use water, then yes.

 

[Valveman]

Lower the pump the better. Sometimes it is more the hard piping to the pump that makes noise than how the pump is bolted down. A flexible hose like theStainless braided type will take out the vibration noise.

 

[Grunt]

Lower the pump the better. Sometimes it is more the hard piping to the pump that makes noise than how the pump is bolted down. A flexible hose like theStainless braided type will take out the vibration noise.

Are you talking about the hard piping on suction side of pump or discharge side. I have a 1 inch pump connector I was going to use on discharge side of pump.
V / R Grunt

 

[Valveman]

Usually just a flex line on the discharge side will stop the vibration from transferring down the line. But sometimes a flex line is also needed on the suction side.

 

[Grunt]

Usually just a flex line on the discharge side will stop the vibration from transferring down the line. But sometimes a flex line is also needed on the suction side.

A flex line on the suction side of the pump would make it eaiser to connect / disconnect and I have a falcon stainless 1.25 mip / fip that would work nicely but can they take vaccume as well as pressure ?
V / R Grunt

 

[Valveman]

Yeah those should work fine on the suction, but are rigid enough they may not isolate the noise. Rubber suction hose would be best.

 

[Grunt]

Yeah those should work fine on the suction, but are rigid enough they may not isolate the noise. Rubber suction hose would be best.

I have spent a great amount of time trying to find a 1.25 hose that will work just can't seem to locate, all I would need is a 4-6 inch piece and use a couple band clamps. have allways had hard piped to the pump & if I needed to disconnect would have to cut pipe do what I needed to do & then reinstall using a coupling and glue. Would much prefer very short piece of hose and band clamps. Have only found rolls of 20 feet to buy and then I could cut a 6 inch piece off that -- too expensive that way. Maybe you have an idea how where I can procure a short piece.
V / R Grunt