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Subject: Re: No H2O

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Fred Dungan (pump burnout)
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Date Posted: 12:54:35 05/20/09 Wed
Author Host/IP: adsl-69-235-136-137.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net/69.235.136.137
In reply to: Mike 's message, "No H2O" on 13:07:17 05/19/09 Tue

Did the pump get hot and smell funny? That is because your electric pump was designed to pump water rather than a mixture of water, sand and dirt. In fact the number one cause of pump burnout is sand and dirt. I suggest using a manual (pitcher) pump, but most people nowadays prefer to use a large gasoline powered pump to initially develop the well. After the water starts to run steadily clear and you are satisfied with the flow you can change over to the electric pump.

Also, keep in mind that the wellscreen must be completely immersed in the aquifer plus a few feet extra in order to compensate for drawdown.

>I have went through the process of sandsucking a 3"
>casing...got to very, very wet sand and sunk my 2"
>point into the 3" PVC and pulled the 3" up 4'! Got my
>pump hooked up and hard wired into my breaker box and
>turned her on....the h2o I put in the pump came right
>back up, but it took about 15 minutes for a bigger
>burst of H2O to come up and only ran for about 10sec
>and then nothing. This has happened 5 times after
>priming the pump. Any suggestions as to why it wont
>continue to pump up the H2O?

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><font color=crimson>Did the pump get hot and smell >funny? That is because your electric pump was designed >to pump water rather than a mixture of water, sand and >dirt. In fact the number one cause of pump burnout is >sand and dirt. I suggest using a manual (pitcher) >pump, but most people nowadays prefer to use a large >gasoline powered pump to initially develop the well. >After the water starts to run steadily clear and you >are satisfied with the flow you can change over to the >electric pump. > >Also, keep in mind that the wellscreen must be >completely immersed in the aquifer plus a few feet >extra in order to compensate for drawdown.</font> > >>I have went through the process of sandsucking a 3" >>casing...got to very, very wet sand and sunk my 2" >>point into the 3" PVC and pulled the 3" up 4'! Got my >>pump hooked up and hard wired into my breaker box and >>turned her on....the h2o I put in the pump came right >>back up, but it took about 15 minutes for a bigger >>burst of H2O to come up and only ran for about 10sec >>and then nothing. This has happened 5 times after >>priming the pump. Any suggestions as to why it wont >>continue to pump up the H2O?

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