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Advice on Well Pumps

  • 03-03-2024 2:09pm
    #1
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,127 ✭✭✭✭


    I am trying to get an old well here up and running. It's has a 6" bore and about 50 feet deep. I measuring it by letting a dead weight down the bore with a fishing line.

    It hasn't been used in about 20 years and from what I remember, there was an above ground pump with galvanised pressure tank. Still have the tank. There is an electric cable still running to it and the water pipes for the farm run by it. It won't be for domestic use.

    What I'm wondering is, has the technology now changed to submersible pumps? If so do I still need some buffer pressure tank?

    What are good brands?



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  • #2
    cjpm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭cjpm


    Submersibles are the only job. Far more energy efficient.

    You can pair it with a large pressure vessel with a pressure switch.

    Or alternatively nowadays you can also go with a variable speed pump drive, only requires a very small pressure vessel.



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