Another well pump question Ideas needed

In the Spring after the thaw you need to connect the 2 best wells water lines together. Install a checkvalve at the discharge at each well to prevent water from one well going into the other well. Put a 40/60 pressure switch on the best well and a 30/50 pressure switch on the other. When the better well cannot keep up the second well will kick in to assist! Install a bladder tank near the main point of use, real simple fix.

I live in Minnesota - should be minus 6 tonight. I was very late this fall in putting in a 'frost free' cattle waterer for my cattle. Finally don't have to run the pipe & float every day! Did that 'the hard way' for many years now. But, was fighting mud & frost to fill the trench back in, not my best work. But, think I got it.....

Tonight, I was 25 miles from the farm when the light went off in my head - I had put the water on for the one cow & calf in the barn (have a sickly little one...) and I do not have a good indoor water system. The light in my head told me I hadn't turned the water back off again.... So, here I am, dealing with a bit of a mess after water is running constant for 90 minutes......

So yes Tracy, I do understand. All too well. Sigh. :no:


Trying to work out a way to keep this cheap & simple for you. What you want to do will work, but will take the gas pump, lots of time using it waiting for the water to accumulate, and then a seperate pressure tank & pump to make the water heater function and supply pressurized hot & cold water. Then next spring most gets eliminated, & you will just have the pressure tank & one pump.

You probably need to spend good money on the pump & pressure tank, as that is the part you will be keeping. Most of the rest you already have it seems. I'm having a hard time getting it to work in my head without a pressurizing pump & real pressure tank - which would save you some $$$ over the winter....

There are ways to make a drain-back pipe for the well, so you would not have to use the gas pump - if it is all down-hill to the well & relatively close. The pipe could remain, drains itself when not in use,could use an electric pump to draw the water, no futzing about. But, sounds like you have the gas pump, so not really saving anything there, just adding...

--->Paul

Thank you for all your help. My husband has read all the ideas and we will figure it out. I think at this point we are going to get everything set up where we want. [I have a comercial stainless sink and comercial dishwasher ordered and should be here next week.] Once everything is where we want it I am getting a plumber over here to help get this figured out. If we could just get a thaw for a few days we will rent a trencher and get this done right. I know we can trench in the snow but it is the hand digging around the water lines to the Taylor wood stove that is going to be tough with frozen ground.