Well Pump Blues
Sep. 15th, 2014 09:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robbyRidiculously high ($2500) estimate to replace the well pump. My neighbor's brother is an electrician who has done it a number of times, and I'm hoping he will help me do mine. Tomorrow, I'm going to test the depth of the well and the water level.
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The total well depth is 70 feet, and there's 20 feet of water in it. So at these point, a pump replacement is indicated, but we're going to test the pump amperage again to confirm that it's bad. If I can save 2000 bucks by doing it myself, I will.
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I put in a replacement controller, and established that the pump has a mechanical defect. The next stage is to open the well and pull out the pipe and old pump. Big job.
I'm going to borrow the tripod and a special pipe clamp.
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The total well depth is 70 feet, and there's 20 feet of water in it. So at these point, a pump replacement is indicated, but we're going to test the pump amperage again to confirm that it's bad. If I can save 2000 bucks by doing it myself, I will.
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I put in a replacement controller, and established that the pump has a mechanical defect. The next stage is to open the well and pull out the pipe and old pump. Big job.
I'm going to borrow the tripod and a special pipe clamp.
