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21 Nov 2002 at 2:25 am #276009MasterPlumbersKeymaster
Heres my problem:
1 year old well
I have a 55′ deep well thats cased in 2″ pipe 50′ deep. The static water level is @ 20′. I have a Goulds 1 hp pump and a 20 gallon water tank. the water tank air pressure is set at 20lbs (cut in pressure) My problem started out being that the pump would take forever to shut off. So i took the pump and had it rebuilt. I got it home and put it back on and nothing had changed. SO i figured it had to be something to down inside the casing. So i pulled the inside pipe out which was 1-1/4 pipe and 48′ deep. I plan to replace everything from the pump down since i have it out. So my questions are as follows:
1. How deep do i put the “foot valve”?
2. What size pipe do i put down inside the casing?
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!
Thank You !
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21 Nov 2002 at 4:10 am #293272Robert Stephen MortonParticipant
needhelp. is your pump deep well or submersible?
A 2″ casing sounds awfull small for either, given that the deep well injector head will be more than that & a submersible will have trouble as well.
Why dont you engage a professional, after all that is their proffession.
If your pump is working overtime to do the job, you will find the cost of the professional a cheap alternative to a new pump.
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21 Nov 2002 at 4:20 am #293273needhelp2Participant
The Well was put down by a professional and its been fine for the last year or so So all i need to know is how deep to put my foot valve. AS for the casing size i have checked around and a 2″ casing size is a normal for NC unless you have a deep well and thats a 4″ casing. My well is considered a shallow well. So i need to know deep to put my foot valve and what size pipe to put down into the well.
Thanks
Anthony» This message has been edited by needhelp2 on 21 November 2002
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24 Nov 2002 at 1:45 pm #293274rickwParticipant
Sounds like you have a 2″ packer jet and
TOO Much pump for the well. You should not change the setting depth of your foot valve. This will not increase the yield of the well. A 2″ cased well will not supply storage.
You may have to drop back to a 1/2 HP pump to prevent “pump off” of the well.
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25 Nov 2002 at 7:26 pm #293275needhelp2Participant
Thanks for the reply, I set my foot valve at 12 feet below static water level. Well i guess its not realy a footy valve the place were i purchased it at called it a “jet sump” or something like that , It was a peice that screwed onto the end of my pipe , it was about 12-14″ in length . The check valve and the foot valve were together at the bottom of the new pipe i put in. The jet assembly had 2 leather o-rings that stopped the water from going back down past the assembly . The pump i have is a deep well set up. It pumps water down beside the pipe between the pipe and the casing @ 40 psi. This helps push the water up the pipe. So the Goulds pump i have sucks the water up and pushes it at the same time. I hope that makes sense, i could have mis-understood the man when he was telling me about it.
Thanks for the help guys.
Anthony
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25 Nov 2002 at 7:32 pm #293276needhelp2Participant
one more thing:
please explain to me what you mean by “pump off”ANd
i think i have fixed my problem. While re-installing the pipe/footvalve. i noticed some standing water in a depression in my yard between the pump and the house so i dug it up and the pipe had came apart at a joint. So i fixed that and things seems to be fine, BUT the pump still takes a while to pump up. I went to the goulds web site and looked up my pump and it says that my pump should always run for at least 1 minute. My pump is a J-10s.
Thanks again everyone!!
Anthony
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26 Nov 2002 at 12:16 am #293277SelgasParticipant
Sounds to me like you have a broken or leaking pipe joint somewhere’s along the line allowing air in or water out – check out your pipework before starting to repair pumping system.
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26 Nov 2002 at 12:18 am #293278SelgasParticipant
Ha ha – the time lag between our Countries has now taken place and I see you found the fracture – well done.
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