Pump pressure

[Speedbump]

The reason nobody (in the business) wants to work on Flotec is lack of parts availability and the simple fact they are junk.

The difference between a shallow well jet pump and a deep well jet pump is the location of the jet. Shallow well: it's on the pump, deep well: it's in the well.

bob...

 

[Rancher]

With a 20 some foot well, you can only use a shallow well jet anyway..

Why is this?

Rancher

 

[Sponsor]

 

[Speedbump]

Chances are it's a 1-1/4" and there are no jets for 1-1/4" wells. And mostly, with a 20' well there would be no reason to use a deep well jet. The water level has to be less than 20 feet.

bob...

 

[Silledon]

So, would I be better off changing the drop pipe size to a more common size?

 

[Speedbump]

I reread your original post. I missed the part about the water being at 21 feet. I thought you had said the well was 21 feet. So where is the water level in this well?

bob...

 

[Silledon]

Water level is at 21 ft. I have no idea how deep the well is overall, but we were hitting some sort of sludge at around 28 - 30 ft.

 

[Speedbump]

This sludge may be the bottom of the well. What is the diameter of the casing?

You can use a shallow well jet pump as long as the water doesn't drop much farther than it is already.

bob...

 

[Silledon]

The casing is 4 to 5" in diameter. It had a vertical deep well pump that sat directly over the casing before. Of course it wasn't working when we moved in a year and a half ago, so not sure that's really means anything.

 

[Speedbump]

Did this vertical pump have one pipe below it or two? How much pipe did you pull out of the well?

bob...

 

[Silledon]

It had two. There was 28 ft. of pipe on it.

 

[Speedbump]

Then you should probably go with the same thing. The installer must have known the water table could drop far enough that a shallow well pump wouldn't be reliable.

bob...

 

[Silledon]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, just put the same setup back in. Thanks for all the help.