Martinmeilinger00
New Member
Hello Everyone,
I have a 20ft deep with 2" casing well and inside that I have driven a 1-1/4" pipe with a 4ft sand point on the bottom that is 3 ft over the end of the 2" casing so, I have a total of 23ft pipe for the pump down the ground. On the surface I have installed a Tee socket on which vertically there's a service port cap and horizontally there's a check valve on it that connects to the pump. Unfortunately my pump just wont hold prime and I ran out of ideas what could be wrong with it. I checked all the connections on the inlet pipe as well as the outlet if its leaking but nothing appears to be, everything looks fine. Could it be that I need to change the pvc to a brass check valve? I purchased everything new a week ago so it can't be the fact that its too old. I will attach images of my setup. Let me know if you have some ideas why I'm loosing prime.
Thank You!
I have a 20ft deep with 2" casing well and inside that I have driven a 1-1/4" pipe with a 4ft sand point on the bottom that is 3 ft over the end of the 2" casing so, I have a total of 23ft pipe for the pump down the ground. On the surface I have installed a Tee socket on which vertically there's a service port cap and horizontally there's a check valve on it that connects to the pump. Unfortunately my pump just wont hold prime and I ran out of ideas what could be wrong with it. I checked all the connections on the inlet pipe as well as the outlet if its leaking but nothing appears to be, everything looks fine. Could it be that I need to change the pvc to a brass check valve? I purchased everything new a week ago so it can't be the fact that its too old. I will attach images of my setup. Let me know if you have some ideas why I'm loosing prime.
Thank You!