cursethebanksters
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Hello all,
I have a well on some property I have recently purchased and I have moved my travel trailer on to the land. The well is a 4" casing and is about 80' deep. The water level was 18' down when I last checked during a drought this summer. I have a 275 gallon storage tank that I will pump the well water to when I need to fill it. I have my eyes on this pump :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-NA-_-NA
Here are the specs:
http://www.flotecpump.com/ResidentialProduct_fl_hw_jt_FP4312.aspx
I plan on trying to use the pump as a shallow well pump at first and if the water level drops too much when I'm filling my tank I'll go ahead and make it a deep well pump. I also have a manual pitcher pump that I want to set up on the same line with a on/off valve in front of it. The pitcher pump acually has a 2" inlet but I can use an adapter for whatever size I need. The electric pump uses a 1-1/4" suction line.
1. Does this 1/2 HP convertible jet pump seem to be a good choice? The listed flow rate is 8 gpm so I apparently will only have to run it for an hour or so every couple weeks judging by it's flow rate and the amount of water I use.
2. How deep should the water lines be buried? I live in Arkansas and the frost line is not very deep at all. I'm thinking 10" would be ok.
Thanks in advance for any help!
I have a well on some property I have recently purchased and I have moved my travel trailer on to the land. The well is a 4" casing and is about 80' deep. The water level was 18' down when I last checked during a drought this summer. I have a 275 gallon storage tank that I will pump the well water to when I need to fill it. I have my eyes on this pump :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-NA-_-NA
Here are the specs:
http://www.flotecpump.com/ResidentialProduct_fl_hw_jt_FP4312.aspx
I plan on trying to use the pump as a shallow well pump at first and if the water level drops too much when I'm filling my tank I'll go ahead and make it a deep well pump. I also have a manual pitcher pump that I want to set up on the same line with a on/off valve in front of it. The pitcher pump acually has a 2" inlet but I can use an adapter for whatever size I need. The electric pump uses a 1-1/4" suction line.
1. Does this 1/2 HP convertible jet pump seem to be a good choice? The listed flow rate is 8 gpm so I apparently will only have to run it for an hour or so every couple weeks judging by it's flow rate and the amount of water I use.
2. How deep should the water lines be buried? I live in Arkansas and the frost line is not very deep at all. I'm thinking 10" would be ok.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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