Well water pump needs to be primed.....have pics.....tell me what I am looking at?

Question

I am buying a house that has well water. The seller said that the pump needs to be primed. I have never done this before and there are alot of different things going on in the pump house. There are softners and a thing that has a timer on it? Please tell me how to prime the pump and what all is in the pics. Thanks
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thanks for the help everyone :)

Answer 1

From what I see from the second photo that piece of pipe that has orange tape or something on it, that's where you prime. Use a plastic one gallon milk jug with water and prime, put your plug back in and start it up, you'll hear it when she's caught the prime cause you'll here the water really surging in the pump. Then tight the plug and you should be all set. any problems feel free to e-mail me. Good luck Les the painter

Answer 2

Wow. Filter city.

To prime the pump you will have to remove the small red pressure tank from the top of the pump. Fill the pipe sticking up from the pump with water. Reinstall tank and turn on pump. It may take a while to exhaust all the air from the suction line. I would put a hose on the faucet in the pic and run it into a bucket. That way you will be able to observe output and whether any air is coming. It may take more than one attempt. Wouldn't hurt to use a little chlorine with the priming water to help kill any microbes that may get in the system from opening it. Also i would turn off the valve directly to the left of the tank right from the start. this will isolate the pumping system from your plumbing until you get the pump running. Once done open it back up.

Just an FYI. The pump and tank arrangement you have is cheap. Wayne pumps are sold in hardwares and your tank probably holds about a gallon of water between pump cycles. Not much. If this system works OK for you then fine, but I'm not to impressed with what I'm seeing. It wouldn't be up to code where I'm from.

Answer 3

In pic 2, the red tank. The pipe out of the bottom goes into the pump. Directly in front of this steel pipe should be a 3/4" plug. Remove this plug, turn pump on....this will be a wet job...pour water into this hole until the pump just starts to draw water. You will hear a change in sound. Screw the plug back into the hole. Make sure you either use pipe dope or Teflon tape on the plug or else you will have a leak there. If you loose prime after you get it and you have to re prime, your check valve needs to be replaced. The brass thing on the softener line is an air bleeder. After you get water running, turn the little cap on the top of it to expel the air. Once you get water coming out, you are good. You might need to repeat this a few days. Any questions, rjromey@yahoo....Ron

Answer 4

somewhere on your pump itself you'll see a square plug. That's where you prime it. as one answered said, have a gallon milk jug handy, unscrew the plug, fill the pump with water and start it up.
If it doesn't draw water right away try again till it does. It should draw right away. If it doesn't you have another problem, bad impeller, or dry well for example. Also if you do any replacing, be sure to replace the check valve. A bad/leaking check valve will make your pump run constantly.
The other pic is your softener, that should have bypass valves, you may want to bypass the softener to prime the pump.

Answer 5

well-1 shows your pump and the your pressure tank (red storage tank). The tank holds stores water as it comes out of the well.

well- 2 shows your water softener system. Sorry, can't help you much with this one.

As for your pump, I don't understand why you need to prime it. Your water tank (red tank) should maintain water in the pump. I would suggest getting a submersible pump (one that sits down in the well). Also, would suggest a larger storage tank, the smaller the tank, the more that pump is going to run ($$$$ for the electricity). See (hammerzone.com)

If you have to prime the pump, then something is possibly wrong down in the well. Check out wellowner.org

Answer 6

the first thing to do is turn off water supply valve to house or filters..then i would remove tank and prime there... pour water slowly into pump and this way air will leave as you pour water in...this is a shallow well Wayne pump...after filling with water observe the water and make sure it doesn't just go down if it does add more water until water level stays the same....put tank or plug back in and start pump...when pump kicks off i would open valve to house slowly allowing pump to come on and start filling everything in your home....I would also suggest a bigger water tank be put in system preferably a 30 gallon captive air tank....that is one with a air bladder in it....this will give you more water before pump kicks on...I would also suggest you put a tee where the tank connects to the pump for easier priming if you do replace tank...

Answer 7

you have have been given quite some layout engineering to do. you're staring at a deep nicely pumping device (>25 feet deep). Northern gadget sells what they call deep nicely jet pumps (310 gph, one million/2 hp, one million one million/4 in). i might flow with a three/4 hp submersible pump. DC pumps are obtainable, however the losses alongside the electrical powered strains could be too severe. The motor has a start up requirement equivalent to approximately 2.5 hp or 2000 watts. you will ought to over-layout the photograph voltaic device to account for losses in performance of the inverter and charging standards of the battery economic company, so look to approximately 3000 watts or greater. in case you pick to pump water at evening or on cloudy days, you will desire a economic company of batteries. The photograph voltaic panel can cost the battery economic company and the battery economic company can run the pump with the aid of an inverter. you will additionally ought to evaluate the carry skill of the pump (distance from the pump to the water point below floor) and max head (how severe can the pump push that water as much as a storage tank). do no longer ignore to account for fluctuating water stages below floor. 50m water point on the instant must be 75m in some years or much less. you're able to evaluate pumping the water right into a preserving tank because of the fact pumps are no longer designed to run continuously. you should permit greater skill for the battery economic company to recharge between pumping classes. photograph voltaic powered structures are not designed for irrigation, merely for customary important different and young infants use.

Answer 8

forget the 1st photo, that is just the softener etc,, on the second photo.. the gray pump is connected to the black motor and on that pump is a plug that you remove to add water,, you will have to put quite a bit sometimes,, and then you have to plug the hole with your thumb until it starts to prime.. you can then turn it off, remove you thumb and replace the plug.. you need to have the foot valve checked as this is where you water is leaking causing the primeing problem