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Truer words haven't been spoken in a while (~ 22:00). The trades are dying out and skilled tradesmen are increasingly rare. I left my decade long job in IT earlier this year and am seeking new gainful employment in a trade. I come from a family of both blue and white collar workers and know the value of a hard day's work and the detriment of a cushy desk job. I've long felt the need to actually DO something, instead of sitting in front of computer screens all day. Plus I love working with my hands and getting mechanically involved.
I think the more that people like you that put out interesting and informative videos, it could help our collective future. There's bound to be plenty of kids growing up now, who should be encouraged to seek out skilled trade professions as opposed to going straight to college.
I also think there should be a lot more options for people to gain experience with on the job training before making a decision on whatever path they wish to take.
I paused this video to state the EXACT words you just said. I am the owner of a small Auto repair shop. Talk about a dying breed. I can't find anyone decent that wants to work!
same with plumbers and electricians
Part of the problem that I hear nobody talking about is skilled labor wage erosion that has been going on for decades. For example: My father was a tool and die maker. He retired in 1992 with a wage of about $19.50 / hr. About 6 years ago I did an inflation adjustment of that $19.50 / per hour. I would have needed to make $33.50 / hour to be equivalent to my fathers $19.50. I think I was making about $23 to $25 / hr at that time. Now add the fact his health insurance was paid by the company and He got a pension when he retired - he is still receiving it now 28 years later. When I semi retired in 2022 I made $30 / hr which is less than my fathers inflation adjusted wage 30 years ago. Does anyone see the problem here???
I noticed you were using different wire on this install than what I’ve seen, some people apparently use single wires and I can see where that would be more likely to wear or become damaged. Why not put the wire or the whole wire and water line in a protective sheath?
@moms762 I think he said this install was only about 200 ft and the pump isn’t gonna go thru that much wear bc it’s basically overrated for this well, otherwise I think that’s a fine idea
My relative whom I met at a family reunion works high up at British Petroleum. Only 5 months ago he said, "Go to school for 9 months. To become Certified Welder cost about $4500. We only require 3 things to start at $96 K. Be Certified, Show up to work on time and Do what we tell you, that's it ". "One year probation then you get Overtime" " Then the Sky is the limit. Work as much as you want." " We need plumbers and electrons too". Why in the heck would you trade $125K of debt after 5 years of College. When that Welder or Plumber or Electron over there is already $500K ahead of you at the same age. Probably owns his own business too. Just Say'n Thanks for all the information on wells. Big thumbs up !!!
Protect your eyes bro and honestly it's better to go to be to school to be a sparkie. Better pay, you get left alone on the jobs most of the time and they have the "best" working conditions besides if you got an operator on site. Actually, it's best to be an operator. Set up and wait, take a nap, shut down the site for a few hours and repeat while getting paid the whole time lol
@@AB11305my grandfather and father were both Ironworkers. Both said that being in the Operators Union was like printing money. Easy job, best paying on site with only one downside. You really hold people’s lives in your hands. Screw up and you can kill people easy. One did screw up and dropped a beam on my father. Basically crippled him to some degree. Only because he was in the union and they protected him and his job did we not really suffer as kids. Sadly, not sure unions would be as good today… this was in the 70’s and it only went downhill from there.
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Way back, we used to call that tape, "F4 tape", apparently due to its frequent use on the F4 Phantoms during the war. Good stuff!
As one who has retired from 35 yrs. working as an Aircraft Technician for what is now the largest airline everything you and the gentleman customer are absolutely correct. Only about 25 percent of those who attend college will retire from the job their degree was in. I did go to college because my college was paid for by the company my father's work place after his death. I graduated as a mechanical engineer. I worked some other jobs before I was hired to work as an engineer. That job lasted 11 yrs. Then that plant was shutdown by the EPA, because the company decided not to upgrade a 135 yr. old plant. But the silver lining was because the government ordered the closure I was able to go back to college and get my licenses for Airframe and Powerplant, with another Aviation Maintenance degree. For many years I was enjoying great pay, excellent benefits and many perks along the way. Saw good and not so good places around the world, have good friends who will retire soon. Not really looking for another job but offers come in. Just find an interest, study about it, ask lots of questions, then jump in with both feet and do your very best everyday.
Two words concerning the "rubber" tape. The tape is "self amalgamating". Over a short period of time it firms itself into a solid piece. Absolutely can not come apart like regular electrical tape. The word for adhesive that will only stick to itself is "cohesive". Self amalgamating tape is a good example. Contact cement like you would use to laminate Formica to a counter top base. Once properly dried it will only stick to itself.
As the new owner of a somewhat iffy well setup, I appreciate all of the information you are providing. Thank you .
Retired after 30+ years from a major US Metro City Water Dept, gravity supplied by mountain rain water reservoir, not pumped well water. I'm not familiar with well water systems and considering moving from the city to rural where private wells are utilized. OUTSTANDING INFORMATIVE DETAILED VIDEO! Your parents did a good job teaching work ethics. God Bless you son, and your family! Respectfully, Rev Carl
I am from South Africa. Here they only use steel casings that are welded together. The deepest part is actually a sieve.
The pumps here are also hanged on black pipe, together with wires, but also nylon rope as a backup. The well cap is also steel.
We use 220V electricity (single phase). On farms the wells may be thicker than 6" (150mm) and they are sometimes 380V (3 phase).
Some farmers now use solar powered pumps in stead of wind mill pumps.
When I saw all that red clay I knew you was in NC 😂
He is a great teacher..
I thought I was the guy asking the questions, just last week. Plus the story of “i run my 2gal pump with 4 kids, “ true story. I told my contractor that the welll “storage by size of water column over the pump” I learned a lot last week and also by this video
Great video. I use to manufacture that tape that you were wrapping the wires with while working at GE Insulating Materials Section back in the 70`s & 80`s. They use to call it SPT Tape and it use to be part of what they called a Termi-kit that the linemen used to splice high voltage cables together. For large cables it was in the shape of a pennant but we use to make fifty foot one inch rolls. Its rated for 50,000 volts and fuses to itself together after wrapped on a cable. Once its on you had to cut it off. After applied there was no unwinding it. In my day people use to look up to people in the blue collar trade occupations. I loved working with my hands. That changed in the 90`s where the trades were looked down on in favor of white collar occupations. Very sad. We have nearly two generations of people that can not turn a nut and a bolt together let alone working under the hood of their vehicle or figure out whits wrong in their breaker box.. Videos like these have value for those who want to understand how things work and how to fend for themselves. Keep the videos coming.
Very interesting and your comments about the trades is spot on.
Heat shrink kits cost $1 and I have used a ton and never had a problem with a connection. Probably used over 200 of them maybe more. How much is the tape? is it comparable price wise? Is it just a preference thing?
Is this why he only wrapped the wires in tape?
You are so right. There are more young people getting "disability" payments at my local social security office than retired people. 99% are scammers. But the government gives it to them and they don't work.
Telecom guys use that tape for part of an underground splice system. It is self-vulcanizing, meaning that if you wrap it under tension it will basically become one solid piece of soft rubber. We use it to build up the outer diameter of the underground cable to the point where we can get a good seal where the splice case seals clamp around the cable.
For something not in a hard case, such as a high-voltage splice, the problem comes in with the fact that it IS soft, and has no abrasion resistance. The solution is to overwrap it with cloth friction tape,
Your right,getting harder to find people that want to learn/work,at 71 yrs old I'm stilling baling hay ,,,great video👍👍
If that pipe was copper and he knew what he said you could have, damn, nice score!
Great job! Well done!!
I work for my dad's buddy's well company and we use a wheelbarrow tire with no air and with a homemade steel bracket the we rigged up and welded that we use for pulling pumps I like your little rig there to
Great job man. 👍👍💚
Great job!!
That’s a great video!
Very well-done young man.
Excellent!
Excellent video. Very informative!
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Your video's have been a big help for us. Getting ready to install our well pump in the next couple weeks. Your video's have pretty much answered all our questions going into this. Thanks
Thanks for sharing your skill & knowledge
That was the best. Thank you.
You 100% right man . Good job 👋👋
Beautiful job/work!
Thanks!
Nice install
Very good
Excellent video man. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!
Self amalgamating tape is great stuff!
Man, what a wealth of information
Yep glad I stumbled on your channel ,,, U R teaching us.
Smart guy
Loving everyone of your vid’s! Learning so much feels empowering!
You are a good teacher. I’ve learned a lot watching just a few videos of yours.
thank you
Very nice and informative work. Keep up the great content. Crazy canuck!
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You deserve 100k and more subs! Love your well videos! You do a great job. Thanks for all the information. Keep it up please!!
Good job...we do it pretty much the same way in Calif.
Wonderful
Thank you very much
Great job. I'll be a little smarter to be dangerous. Thanks again.
This was a great video! your explanations are great! Thank you for these. Very informative, as usual.
Thankfully. Someone who takes pride in their work. The little things. Explains everything to the customer. Nice neat glue. Concisely taping. Small things that make a job professional. If you put detail into the small things, people know you put detail into the big things.
Thank you for taking the time to make videos and sharing your knowledge. I enjoy your channel...
As a land surveyor we can design from the main FM box to a grinder pump at the residence. People don’t understand what grinder pumps are. Never flush a towel, etc.
I like to see some of the things you've found we dig in the landscape and find cool things some things look like arte to me like that piece in the end on that pipe . I guess we find Momentos on the property that reminds us of what we built. self sustaining land. Thank you.
Spot on observations. I educated myself to do fix it mechanical for my vehicles. My mechanic friends give excellent insight as well. Thanks for your expertise with pump systems. I’m installing a 250 foot well pump and your tech knowledge helps me a lot. Thanks a lot 👍
Good job 2all . Nice work, and from what I seen it was safely executed
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Another awesome video! I’m basically getting a 1 man well and pump operation running in a remote part of Central America and these videos are so helpful. Thanks again!
New on teh block , nice work from Alberta Canada
I just did a well today older people worry themselves sick about that well. have to remind the customer I charge extra for watching.
Any well will have a rated standing(static) height column of water. If you hang a pump 10 feet below the water line or 10 feet above the bottom of the well, the only difference the pump has to overcome is the head loss in the extra water line. In fact, hanging a pump deeper in the well will increase the net positive suction head, further minimizing cavitation which will increase the lifespan of the impeller(motor field windings or bearings typically fail first anyway)
I agree with your statement about the water level but it isn't necessary to put the pump at the bottom if the static level never drops that much. After drilling a new well it's tested by pumping it out with air / drilling machine at a rate the pump couldn't attain, then the static level is checked / pump usually set just beyond that level.
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I've only recently come across your channel, I'm watching a lot of these informative videos which I believe may be really helpful in deciding to take up this kind of work for myself here in Europe, maybe, so in advance, thanks and keep them coming.
Wow, I've watched a dozen+ more of your productions, learned from them all. (even wrestled with a few) This one pulls it all together, nice review then for me.... ps, I'm in awe of your thinking on just why you share this experience and counsel for all of us.... Amen.
Try to find a decent plumber or Well contractor that doesn't scam ppl...its hard. Very few of us left. I teach to guide those who can't find help.
Awesome video thank you ..what was the Meter you used in the blue box it had a Digital Reading 24 and was bleeping
Great Work.. from a water technician in kenya I learn a lot from RUclips Creators
Great video 📹 👍 👏 👌 thanks again for your video and help with the video 📹 ❤okstay safe and have a great day 😊
Lowes used to carry that tape but they stopped several years back. It's also used for sealing wireless antenna connections. They have something similar now that is also self sealing, but not as good as that stuff.
Depends on your water level in your casing and how quick it recovers. Really like your info and willingness to share.
Your awesome dude I learned so much and listening to you and you're honestly unprecedented. keep up the good work and have fun doing it,,👍😁😂😊
Good stuff, good stuff. I do almost exactly the same way you do. I started using an additional check valve on top of the pump. Why no pitless adapter?
nice content
Congrats, you are a real pro. I like your videos,very clear explanations of what you are doing and why. GERRY G. from canada.
You make it took too easy. Good Looking Job. I bet some people gripe about the bill.
true,share the knowledge with us,i thnk we r the same from what you where telling the customer,big ups,Witmankasie in Botswana.😇😇
grew up in Iowa on a farm with well water and I do miss that taste!
Hello, I appreciate your video. What is the type of black roll of tube are you using to the pump?
it's self-fusing silicone tape. it has several nicknames. Good stuff.
My well pump went out I've been watching all your videos not sure if I will do it myself,probaly not but just wanted to let u know I enjoy these videos.
My parents had geothermal open loop system and the hard water took out the coil. When they had it fixed they spent the money to have loop closed. Between geothermal and wet field we had a nice mud hole in woods to play in. It's a lot dryer now. This house mom has never had well issue. Old house I don't remember exact reason but had to get well slammed down deeper. I remember the trk there as kid (7?) and it was noisy. Nieghbor built house and I was there watching them drill well and push pvc case down
That is why we moved from Indiana to Arizona!
Worked with my hands for forty years, keep teaching the grandkids to use their hands, how to build or repair everyday stuff
I use the rubber tape and then liquid electrical tape and second rudder then second application of liquid electrical tape and have never had any problems great content
And that was 2008, I can't even believe how it's going today, hope it gets better real soon
You are right about it being a dying profession, I've been trying to get a well contractor to come out for over 2 months now!
You tell him. 3 gallon a min is the minimum for a house. Its funny people always like to test the pump man's for some reason I'll never get it. The poper need a good 20 feet at least to read right over price so are Sounders never really read right for 800$ tools it's a shame. Still to this day your the only pump guy on RUclips that I can't find one thing wrong in your work. I would mind working with you and I hate work with a lot of pump man. Being one my self. My school In 00 they took auto and meat lab out I'm class o2. yup I also use tape to splice people always question it. 3m brand it's not cheap and the yellow heat tape 28$🤑 a roll. My company only install pipe were told poly hose is a east cost thing. Nice work have a great one till the next one 👍👌✌️⛲
I think it's funny that the customer seemed to doubt alot of the ways you did things! 🤣😂
When people say that they expect a more complicated system, run Forest run!
Telephone company used that tape on drop wire splicing years ago. We called it Dr tape.
Thank you for taking the time to put this together. Very informative. One question. Why did the well head move towards the road?
had to giggle when you were talking about knowing the basics and said "or have some common sense" ha ha. How many IT professionals does it take to change a light bulb? , IT professional, where is the port ? ha ha Thanks, first time on well water and educating myself so I have some basis for an intelligent conversation. So thanks for the posts. Very very helpful.
We always use a rope on our pump as well just as backup if your pump breaks off of the water pipe
H20 Mechanic , would you be able to give us link to where you buy drop pipe? I would greatly appreciate this. Keep up the great instructional vids , the world needs more craftsman like yourself.
They should insulate those walls that'll help
Good video. Lots of information. Been using rubber tape for decades. Knew it was water resistant. Did not know it was waterproof. As for the trades. I am a 31 year veteran in the HVACR industry. It is extremely hard to find help. Good thing is. It has raised the per hour pay by about 30 percent in the last few years. Companies now have to offer benefits to keep the techs they have. 10 years ago. It was unheard of to have any benefits in Florida. That has changed. Unfortunately I am getting to old to do it anymore. In the past. We where required to lift way to much. Crawl into places a human body should not be. Which have taken their toll on my joints. So just hope body holds out long enough to pay off mortgage.
What would you recommend for a 300ft well as far as pipe, poly or pvc? My well currently has pipe which I know is more expensive to replace the pump due to being capable of pulling 20ft sections, unscrewing them to get to the pump, them putting them back together again upon new pump installation. Can a home owner install poly if they diy the job?
Want to thank you for all the good info. My well stopped pumping a week or so ago and working on finding the problem when I get back home nx week. Why no safety line from the top to the pump, Ps my pump was only replaced 2-3 years ago. But he used a nylon line from the top of the pitless adapter down to the pump. well info 168-175ft 1-1/2 Hp pump and 1-1/2 in line. again, Thank you for the info.
I was hoping for a jet pump install
I love your video thank you for taking the time showing us how he's done, I have a question where could I buy the polyline the one you're using in this video I'm trying to fix my friends well and the pump it's 300 ft deep
That's actually hard right now! Supplies are in high demand.
Google search for 1" 200 psi black roll pipe
What size is that black poly tubing? And where do you buy it?
Grundfros all the way! Trades will always be around you're just going to have to pay top dollar for them and wait for them to get there. One last thing. What keeps the water line coming out of the top of the well from freezing? We use pitless adapters here in Canada so everything is buried at least 4' and the pressure tank is inside the residence.
Hey I’m trying to find a good quality supply of the HDPE black roll pipe, barbs, T’s, elbows, 100% stainless clamps, etc. Can you post a link to these items too if you get a chance?
Also, do you connect stainless and brass/copper together (for example a deep well that needs an additional check valve would you ever connect a SS 304 barb and thread to a brass check valve?
My well in WI is 550 feet and the pump, hanging on 2” iron pipe is at 475 feet. The driller said that I am in a Lake Superior stream that would be impossible to pump dry..
In 45 years, I only had to replace the 4” pump once.
The water is ice cold and absolutely clear with a refreshing sweet taste.
I needed 80 feet of casing because I am sitting on top of 40 feet of gravel.
I'd definitely be protecting that well head with steel pipe ballards out at the end of that driveway