300ft Well Pump Install At The Off Grid Homestead
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- We installed our well pump at a depth of 300ft at the future off grid homestead! We are total novices with no prior experience installing well pumps.
Shoutout to @h2omechanic. Your videos are an invaluable resource and I thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! We could not have done this installation without watching your videos.
The pump is a Grundfos 5SQ07-320.
Submersible well pump, Simmons stainless steel check valve, Simmons brass pitless adapter, stainless steel clamps, all stainless steel pipe fittings, and crimp kit purchased from: www.h2o-mechan...
Disclaimer: We are not professionals and do not claim to be. Please practice these methods at your risk. Be careful when working with electricity. Contact a professional if you are not comfortable performing a well pump installation.
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I have to say You two did a fantastic job! I knew that wire was goin to give you trouble trying to roll it out. (Should have slid the pitless bar threw it & roll it out sideways) but you did great! I even remember packing up that order❤. Its nice to see videos making full circle and people like yourself can have a reliable system for many years to come! Keep up the good work! Thanks for supporting what i do!
That means a lot us! Again, thank you so much for everything!
LOVE the echoing he he he ha ha ha at the very end! well done!!
Wow! Lots of Goldenrod. Lots of tea!
Hannah is a bad ass!
Should have got a 3 wire pump start capacitor would have been in a control box instead of inside the motor. That way if it fails you don't have to pull pump an replace motor
Good Job, I drilled a hole through the top of my pitiless adapter where the lift pipe screws into and threaded the hydrant in the top. I also drilled a hole into the well cap also so the hydrant sticks out of the top of the cover as well.
Awesome.Thanks for sharing and taking us along
If that plug going to generator is a twist lock type be sure to push it in snugly and twist it in lightly to the right that should lock it in when ready unplug twist to left and pull it out if not twisted to right to lock it in in sometimes it does not get a real good contact surfaces and will sometimes depending on the load on it burn you plugs up and twist lock if that's what you have they are unusually pretty expensive plugs to replace i did zoom in on your male plug that goes into generator it is a twist lock type
Thanks, we do make sure to twist the plug to lock it into the outlet when we plug it in.
Hello! Your video is a great inspiration for me. I have the same depth well that needs a pump. I've been worrying over trying to do this myself. I've seen videos of professionals installing a deep well pump but this is my first for lack of a better term regular guy install. 💦💦💦💦
I believe in you! If we can do it, you can too!
@@OffGridOnTheLand Thank you!
Great job on the install! My question is drilling the hole in the steel casing for the pitiless adapter. Was it hard to do? I believe you said 1 3/4” hole. This part of the install I know the least about. Any information you can share would be awesome. Thank you, Chris in Maine.
Hey Chris! No it was not difficult to drill the hole, just let the hole saw do the work, don't push too hard on the drill, and make sure the saw is made for cutting through metal. The other thing to consider is the width of the hole that you dig next to the casing, you want to make sure it is large enough for you to crouch down in to actually be able to drill the hole. For depth of the pitless adpater, I believe in Maine it could be anywhere from 4ft-6ft deep depending on the frost line for the zone you're in.
Not sure we're you are. 1st were is your tork arrestor.?? That is set about 6 feet above the pump. You clamp one end to the water pipe an push it together until it just tuchs the side of the well. It stops the pipe from moving back an forth each time the pump runs. With out it the pipe twists Causing fatigue. Here in north western ont. We never put a check valve in the well. And remove any check valve in the pump. You will never lift that pump out when the pipe full of water having a check valve down there. The only check valve you need is at your presser tank inlet. The vacuum will keep the pipe full of water until you pull the pitiless off. I went to that website and I was shocked at the very high prices for a 2 wire pump. Witch I would never use. You want a 3 wire with a control box. Having every thing in the pump is bad. All it take is the capasitor in the pump to fail an your pulling the pump an replacing it. In 38 years I replaced my control box 3 times. Pump has never been replaced. I just priced a new 1/2hp 3 wire grandfoss good to 300 feet at $759 cnd. +tax not sure if that website you post is in cnd or usd I couldn't find it any were even on there shipping page or faq but a 2 wire at over $1000.
That the most painful way to unspool wire. All you need is a peace of pipe or steel rod to put though the spool an set on 2 chairs an walk with the end of the wire. Bet his back is paying for it.
Hey arnoldromppai5395, thanks for your comment. The decision to not use a torque arrestor is because the Grundfos pump we installed is a soft start pump, meaning unlike most well pumps, it doesn't torque the pipe when it starts. The other reason we didn't install one is because torque arrestors can fail and when you pull out the pump it can cause it to get stuck in the well. I was going by the advice given by professionals on RUclips and well pump forums, I did not read or hear anything about removing check valves from the pump. As far as using a three wire vs two wire pump, the difference came down to infrastructure and cost. Three wire pumps require more wiring and the control box (more $$$). Two wire pumps are simple, there won't be a control box to replace. The Grundfos pump is highly recommended for off grid setups because the starting voltage is low. They are expensive pumps because they are quality pumps. The price for the pump is pretty much the going rate for that pump across the web. We installed this pump based on the professional advice available to us.
@@OffGridOnTheLand thank for the reply. I have installed nothing but Grundfos pumps 3 wire with control box. For years including my own that been down my well for 27 years as of Nov.1st . For many years. Problem with installing a 2 wire pump with no control box 1 it very costly down the road. The starting capasitor fails and you have to pull the pump and replace it.. we're a 3 wire with control box you keep a $40 cnd capastior on hand and when it fails an they do I replaced my own 4 times. It's a 5 min fix an your back up an running. . I had soft start pumps with no tork arester twist the pipe an wires up.. I installed over 200 pumps in my day and have never had a tork arrestor jam up. I had to fish 2 out that a DIY person installed. But they set the tork arrestor way to tight. It should be set were it clears the walls an not rub. As it trys to twist the rubber catches the walls like applying the brakes off an on on slippery roads. Remember the more eletric parts in a pump motor the more to fail. I always remove the check valve in a pump if it has one. I install a good brass one just before the preser tank. The water can not run back down the well until you pull the pitiless adaptor a part due to being air tight. . The check valve at preser tank stops water going back from the preser tank but also stops all lines before it to not drain. It can't get air so it lock it. Nothing like trying to pull 100 to 350' of 1.25" pipe an pump full of water. This way soon as you pull the pitiless all water from there down drains out.
Great Job...Just a little tip i would recommend on getting a water filter setup. i would build a temporary wood stand to hold a a water filter. You have to be care full about drinking newly tapped water.Should still be boiled parasite can live down there and make some people sick like my mom was for years.Those water filter's can help with the hard iron deposits. Are well was all so 300 feet deep.
You don't need any water filter. We'll water the freshed water you can get unlike comical public water. Any well you send a water sample once a year in to your heath department an they test it for everything an you get a Certified water report. It's free. Any new well after flushing you take a sample in.. but I'd still drink it even tho test not back yet. If it's a dug well I wouldn't drink it until I got the report back as ground run off get into dug wells an should be tested 3 times a year. But a drilled well your down into bed rock an the 8" steel casting has a weld on drive shoe that's hammered into the bed rock an seals out ground water. Retired by law as for iron a filter not going to remove that or Calcium for that you need a water softener
So where are you doing this? In what country?
This is in the US
How much did they charge for the 4" pipe drilling and install?
This is a 6in well. In my area they charge $2500 per 100ft (our well is 520ft) and the iron casing is around $40 per foot (we had 40ft installed). The predicted depth of the well was supposed to be around 300ft. Unfortunately it didn't work out that way so we ended up paying about double what we thought we would. Well drilling isn't cheap!
Why the pump have so short wire? It so dengerous!!!