What is the best way to set up two shallow well pumps running off their individual sand point wells. Will one pump damage the other if it is bigger or puts out more gpm? How is the best way to run it to the water tank and to the rest of the house. At the moment, the pumps have check valves at the sand points. the one runs to the water tank and out of it to the main house line, while the other tees intot he main house line after the other pump line leaves the water tank. Is there a better way?
2007-03-19 13:30:59 · 3 answers · asked by fritz_the_cat75 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Is there a better way? Short answer is no.
The pump that goes into the house line and not the tank actually goes into the tank when the pump is running and you are not using water. The water just reverses flow in the main line sometimes. Not a problem.
I personally would hesitate to put a higher horsepower pump than what you already have on the system. If you already have two pumps and the water is available from the wells, a couple of 1/3 hp pumps should give a good 10-15 gallons per minute, and maybe more. Plenty to run a household. If you aren't getting this much water then putting a higher hp pump on the system wont help. No matter how big the pump is, you can only suck so hard. Once you have created 33' of vac you're done. That said, one well producing more than the other is ok, and frankly I would be surprised if the outputs were exactly even.
The faster you pull water through a sand point, the faster it will plug or corrode. Lower inlet velocities are good.
2007-03-22 18:14:53 · answer #1 · answered by palmrose2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a curious arrangement. Apparently one pump supplies the tank, and probably shuts off at some given level.
The other pump supplies the house directly, but if it cannot supply the demand, water is gravity fed from the tank. There must be a check valve between the tee you spoke of and the tank. All this correct?
For sure, neither pump will harm the other. Well, that is if neither pump ever runs under a condition that it cannot flow water. This would only occur if a shutoff switch were set at a pressure higher than the churn pressure of the pump. Or of course if the switch were to fail.
2007-03-20 00:55:41 · answer #2 · answered by Ed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not really less you want to spend lots of money
2007-03-19 20:35:28 · answer #3 · answered by troble # one? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋