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  1. Homesteading Questions
    I left our well on for 12 hrs and now after 1 day there is still no water in it. I turned off the circuit for the pump today after reading about that. I am wondering if I burned up the pump. Don’t know much about wells but here we are….I have taken pictures. our house was built in 1915 and our...
  2. Homesteading Questions
    I am toying the idea to be able to manually pump water at the location where my jet pump is. Not sure where to start or what ill need but I would like to install a pitcher pump over my sump pit that is next to the jetpump in the basement. This would be ideal, the pump will be indoors...
  3. Homesteading Questions
    I recently bought an Aquaer 1 HP convertible irrigation pump. Not presently using a pressure tank, but will likely add one next season if i can get the well reliably producing. I have a 22' deep, shallow well, about 5' below the water table. The problem is flow volume. I fill the 1.25" line with...
  4. Homesteading Questions
    Any ideas on how to fix this? We live on a lot cut out of a large hillside. The snow accumulates all winter, and then each spring everything melts and thaws. Of course there are ice dams everywhere, and everything floods. Our house is on posts, so it's fine. The well house however is built...
  5. Homesteading Questions
    Good Morning. I just moved in to a home on a well for the first time. We've been there about a month with no issues. This morning (colder than normal, frost on the ground, not typical for this area) the water pressure was fine while I brushed my teeth, but about 5 minutes later, my wife was...
  6. Homesteading Questions
    I’m a new owner to a home that has well water (first time for me) and I want to winterize my hose line. How can I shut off the water to bleed the water out of the line without burning out my pump or getting air in the line? I have a shut off valve that looks to be after the pump. Can I simply...
  7. Homesteading Questions
    My property has allot of water around it ... many springs and such, but faint find one on my property. I was thinking or maybe doing a DIY well instead, seen lots of videos online. According to som documents from the GIS I've seen, the water table is between 3 and 5 feet underground. Based on...
  8. Homestead Construction
    I am breaking one of my own rules here. I usually lurk for several weeks before posting in a new forum, but I need to get this project going so here I go (please let me know if I break etiquette). I have a new property with a new well. The well uses a 1.5HP downhole pump (305' deep) and a...
  9. Homesteading Questions
    I'm interested in developing a spring on my property, I've seen some tutorials on building spring boxes, and I was wondering what the best material and diameter is for running a pipe from the spring to where I want to user the water, Something non - toxic.
  10. Alternative Energy
    Pro's and Con's of Grundfos and Lorentz well pumps. (Well specs: 105' Static water level, 45' drawdown at 15 GPM. My well is complete and now I'm designing my solar pump. (I'm completely off grid). I have been researching Grundfos and Lorentz pumps what are the pro's and con's...
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