This is a very timely video for me as I'm starting a water project that will require 2100 feet of trenching so I can tap into a city water line. (I tired digging a well but came up empty). With an inline pump and the elevation the water must climb, I will only have 2 gallons per minute so I will be installing a holding tank. Water has been the biggest pain at this retreat but as you know, it's most important! Thanks for all your videos, they have inspired me.
is there a screen in the casing? how fine is it? you can wrap your casing ( before it goes in) with geotextile fabric. It will clear to a point but if there is no screen and the water is being pulled from dirt and not sand or rock then you might be fighting dirty water for along time.
@Engineer775 I'm curious about the long term results from this well. What type of drop pipe was used and were there any problems with abrasion? I'm looking into the feasibility of putting 2 4" pumps in a 6" well. I'd like to use one to supply water to the house and a second for geothermal. I'd also like to put in a simple pump.
We put down a 4" casing down 30' and water level in pipe is around 12' We put a 2" suction line down 20' and when we started pumping it was black water and we have been running pump now for 5 days. It is a little clear but black flakes and unclear water still comes out. Do you think it will ever clear up or did we not go deep enough
Ever see well water catch fire??? This oil fracking is crazy!!! Almost would seem if you just looped the line back down, it in itself looks as though that alone would be about 1400 gallons :) That hill looks to be too much for the pumps to push up. What is the elevation to the water table?
we used a 4" casing that we cut slots In with a thin blade on bottom 5 ' of pipe. we did not wrap with a screen or fabric. we went thru at least 3 layers of sand and back filled with pea gravel to within 5' of surface of ground level. the 2' pipe has a short one way valve and mesh holes on the end of it. do you think we need to pull it and wrap it with the screen or fabric? the 2" pipe only goes about 20' in the 4" casing
I am wondering something, Is it possable to put an inline water generator on the over flow pipe. You pump the water all the way up there, any way that you could recapture that gravitianial potentual energy?
From the depth of the pitless adapter I would guess your looking at a 24-30" frost line. If burying a storage tank is not an option, what can be done to keep the storage tank from freezing in the winter?
How cold is the overflow water before it hits the pond? Could be fun to add a water to air radiator in the house duct work to run cool waste water to drop cooling costs.
Thanks for making all of the videos that you do... Instead of asking what the estimated cost for the whole setup is/was ... I was just curious what might the estimated cost of that solar system you have hooked up. Thank-you if you are able to respond.
I am working on an organic rankine cycle ( it is a huge project that I barely have time for). The goal is to make electricity using scroll compressors, and hot water. stay tuned.
It seems you are putting all your eggs in one basket. What happens when this well runs dry or half the capacity, have you considered using open pond collection for gardens etc.?I love your pump backups - kudos.
The system is sealed and buried and being Pv direct with a tank overflow there is water moving every day through the cistern. Some days the entire tank will turn over.
We have a good well with all new pipes and pump, but running on electricity. it's about 80ft deep. Could you recommend a good manual pump to buy as backup for no power?
Does anyone know about the "Wesley Tool?" What is the commercial name and where can one buy it? Apparently its used to combine two or more submersible pumps to one drop line. Nothing except patents on google. Please assist.
Question; I'm about to try setting a 10HP pump at 350 feet in a 12" well with 3" sch40 PVC. Normal water is around 100 feet, but with the drought we've been having it's down to a whoping 250! That's 100' of pipe in the water and 250 feet of 3" PVC in the air. Current pump is hanging on steel pipe. The new one will be hanging on a 3/4" poly rope with the pipe setting on it. I'm OK weight wise but visualizing 25 stories of pipe in the air is disturbing somehow. Any advice?
awesome. I've been thinking about how spring & weight mechanical systems can be used. I know it's so 18th century but then again it's EMP proof :D And if there's a way to get springs compressed or weights lifted using thermal gradients...
Better idea is enough solar/ battery bank to power an AIMS inverter. Then you can use a 115vac pump off solar or the grid. I currently have had this system in use for over one year now.
No batteries is always a better way to go. The amount of solar and battery you would need to pump 3000 gallons a day 200ft in elevation would tear up that aims in about 2 weeks. I will take PV direct any day. Now as a backup, what you did was just fine.
My submersible is 20gpm that's 1,200 per hour. it's been in use for well over a year now. the Aims unit can put out 90 amps of 115vac. to think that a pump that uses 2,000 watts at start up will have any effects on these AIMS units is at best coming from someone that knows nothing about them. Not only can it power this submersible pump but two 1500 watt A/C units at the samt time. I do it on timers to ensure they get turned off at sundown. The Well pump is used 24/7. and at $185.00 ea.P.S. Aims power inverter now can put out 12,000 watts.
Being from Missouri myself, I enjoyed watching this video. It looks like a great system to me. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
A very rich prepper for sure...
Great ride on the skid steer up through the woods. Those things will do anything, I have a friend that uses one to remove snow.
This is a very timely video for me as I'm starting a water project that will require 2100 feet of trenching so I can tap into a city water line. (I tired digging a well but came up empty). With an inline pump and the elevation the water must climb, I will only have 2 gallons per minute so I will be installing a holding tank. Water has been the biggest pain at this retreat but as you know, it's most important! Thanks for all your videos, they have inspired me.
Thanks for the reply, im glad u fixed my curiosity of that tank getting stagnant. Thanks again for taking the time
im about to attempt adding a 2nd 24v solar well pump in my 6" casing well. i need to increase flow due to irrigation this year.
Hi! Great video! Can you feed multiple houses from the same well?
is there a screen in the casing? how fine is it? you can wrap your casing ( before it goes in) with geotextile fabric. It will clear to a point but if there is no screen and the water is being pulled from dirt and not sand or rock then you might be fighting dirty water for along time.
@Engineer775 I'm curious about the long term results from this well. What type of drop pipe was used and were there any problems with abrasion? I'm looking into the feasibility of putting 2 4" pumps in a 6" well. I'd like to use one to supply water to the house and a second for geothermal. I'd also like to put in a simple pump.
Nice work, thank you for sharing.
love it.....cant wait to do this myself
We put down a 4" casing down 30' and water level in pipe is around 12' We put a 2" suction line down 20' and when we started pumping it was black water and we have been running pump now for 5 days. It is a little clear but black flakes and unclear water still comes out. Do you think it will ever clear up or did we not go deep enough
Ever see well water catch fire??? This oil fracking is crazy!!! Almost would seem if you just looped the line back down, it in itself looks as though that alone would be about 1400 gallons :) That hill looks to be too much for the pumps to push up. What is the elevation to the water table?
we used a 4" casing that we cut slots In with a thin blade on bottom 5 ' of pipe. we did not wrap with a screen or fabric. we went thru at least 3 layers of sand and back filled with pea gravel to within 5' of surface of ground level. the 2' pipe has a short one way valve and mesh holes on the end of it. do you think we need to pull it and wrap it with the screen or fabric? the 2" pipe only goes about 20' in the 4" casing
Real good vidio!
What other gagets have you been working on around the home? Miss the other videos.
I am wondering something, Is it possable to put an inline water generator on the over flow pipe. You pump the water all the way up there, any way that you could recapture that gravitianial potentual energy?
Just curious, what if any problems do you run into with keep that water clean in the cistern
From the depth of the pitless adapter I would guess your looking at a 24-30" frost line. If burying a storage tank is not an option, what can be done to keep the storage tank from freezing in the winter?
How cold is the overflow water before it hits the pond? Could be fun to add a water to air radiator in the house duct work to run cool waste water to drop cooling costs.
How did you ended up resolving that Missouri pond water loss issue you had a bit ago?
Thanks for making all of the videos that you do... Instead of asking what the estimated cost for the whole setup is/was ... I was just curious what might the estimated cost of that solar system you have hooked up. Thank-you if you are able to respond.
I am working on an organic rankine cycle ( it is a huge project that I barely have time for). The goal is to make electricity using scroll compressors, and hot water. stay tuned.
It seems you are putting all your eggs in one basket. What happens when this well runs dry or half the capacity, have you considered using open pond collection for gardens etc.?I love your pump backups - kudos.
The system is sealed and buried and being Pv direct with a tank overflow there is water moving every day through the cistern. Some days the entire tank will turn over.
We have a good well with all new pipes and pump, but running on electricity. it's about 80ft deep. Could you recommend a good manual pump to buy as backup for no power?
Does anyone know about the "Wesley Tool?" What is the commercial name and where can one buy it? Apparently its used to combine two or more submersible pumps to one drop line. Nothing except patents on google. Please assist.
How deep are wells around there? Here in central Texas, our wells are over 500' deep (mine is 540').
What does an install like this cost?
Question; I'm about to try setting a 10HP pump at 350 feet in a 12" well with 3" sch40 PVC. Normal water is around 100 feet, but with the drought we've been having it's down to a whoping 250! That's 100' of pipe in the water and 250 feet of 3" PVC in the air. Current pump is hanging on steel pipe. The new one will be hanging on a 3/4" poly rope with the pipe setting on it. I'm OK weight wise but visualizing 25 stories of pipe in the air is disturbing somehow. Any advice?
your welcome! Let me know if I can be of assistance.
We have solar pumps that can lift 800ft.. This is only lifting 210ft from the static water level of 60.
awesome. I've been thinking about how spring & weight mechanical systems can be used. I know it's so 18th century but then again it's EMP proof :D And if there's a way to get springs compressed or weights lifted using thermal gradients...
Better idea is enough solar/ battery bank to power an AIMS inverter. Then you can use a 115vac pump off solar or the grid. I currently have had this system in use for over one year now.
No batteries is always a better way to go. The amount of solar and battery you would need to pump 3000 gallons a day 200ft in elevation would tear up that aims in about 2 weeks. I will take PV direct any day. Now as a backup, what you did was just fine.
My submersible is 20gpm that's 1,200 per hour. it's been in use for well over a year now. the Aims unit can put out 90 amps of 115vac. to think that a pump that uses 2,000 watts at start up will have any effects on these AIMS units is at best coming from someone that knows nothing about them. Not only can it power this submersible pump but two 1500 watt A/C units at the samt time. I do it on timers to ensure they get turned off at sundown. The Well pump is used 24/7. and at $185.00 ea.P.S. Aims power inverter now can put out 12,000 watts.
Don't drop the camera!!!!!!!!!!!