STUD figmo Al - Posted - 06/25/2024:  09:23:47

Well pump died...

 

STUD figmo Al - Posted - 06/25/2024:  09:34:46

Wimmon folk...NEED THIER WATER...

No rest fer the weary... :0/

The Order came...
Fix it.....
FIX IT....NOW....!

Just how it is.. ;0)

rinemb - Posted - 06/25/2024:  09:38:19

Yep, that happens. As old oilfield pulling a downhole pump occurs too often. I hope you get your water back up and running soon. How much bottled water did you buy? Then, I assume you have an outhouse on somewhere out there, or at least a good log to sit upon.
;-) Brad

pandjlocke - Posted - 06/25/2024:  10:12:42

Fun times.

5B-Ranch - Posted - 06/25/2024:  10:16:34

Texasbanjo - Posted - 06/25/2024:  11:14:00

When I have problems with my waterwell, pump, storage tank or water softener, it's get on the phone and get help ASAP. One cannot survive without water. Liz is lucky, she has you to fix it for her. I have to call on strangers and pay a ridiculously high price just to keep the water flowing. Tell Liz she's a lucky lady.

STUD figmo Al - Posted - 06/25/2024:  12:26:22

Progress..

STUD figmo Al - Posted - 06/25/2024:  12:27:46

More..

 

STUD figmo Al - Posted - 06/25/2024:  12:33:39

If the well pump company..came the bill would be..
15k to 20 k....

As we removed the pit..n made it pitless...

STUD figmo Al - Posted - 06/25/2024:  12:35:25

Me Son usta work at the well pump company..n learnd how to do all this stuff ..
We have all the tools..

Bill Rogers - Posted - 06/25/2024:  12:43:00

Ah, the bucolic country life.

BobbyE - Posted - 06/25/2024:  12:59:36

That sucks. Well, maybe not.

Bobby

STUD figmo Al - Posted - 06/25/2024:  14:56:39

Done fer the day..got water..
:0)

STUD figmo Al - Posted - 06/25/2024:  15:34:09

On a side note...

The pump we took out of the ground was put in in 1988..
36 years ago..

The pumps of today last ..10 years..now..
That is ..why..went..pitless..


Sucks..but how it is nowahdays...

STUD figmo Al - Posted - 06/25/2024:  15:36:01

We knew the old well driller that put this pump in years ago..

Super good guy..

But now has passed..

Edited by - STUD figmo Al on 06/25/2024 15:36:23

Sheenjack - Posted - 06/25/2024:  16:26:06

Dont forget the bleach.  HTH is even better.  Testing for coliform is also a good idea after a well rehab. If your pump and riser pipe has been in contact with the ground it probably picked up coliform. Many well owners neglect this and end up with the gi's.

Edited by - Sheenjack on 06/25/2024 16:31:35

STUD figmo Al - Posted - 06/25/2024:  16:51:33

We bleached it..

Good call tho...

banjo bill-e - Posted - 06/25/2024:  18:38:08

Al, I continue to be amazed and impressed with your many abilities. You have earned the name "Stud."

banjoT1 - Posted - 06/25/2024:  22:48:06

hey Stud f.........

...similarly, in 1986 and in the countryside, we installed a Jacuzzi (brand) submersible that's still functioning - at least as I write this - knock on wood. 38 years. Best pump I could buy at the time.

I may regret this, really shouldn't even mention it's name publicly lest I provoke its soul.

I see you've got nasty iron there but very curious to know what name was it that you pulled out ? ...and what did you R&R it with ?

STUD figmo Al - Posted - 06/26/2024:  02:04:48

Gould pump...(spelling?)



The new pump has a built in capasitor... 2 wire pump

The capasitor is what goes bad ..

The older pump had a capasitor.. that lives above ground..a 3 wire pump..



We got the 2 wire type this time..as in our situation.. a 3 wire pump is a special order..

Note we did leave the 3 wire pump wireing in the ground..

So in the future..we can go back to the three wire type...



The nice part of a 3 wire pump is the capsitor is above ground..n can be replaced easahly



Which we ..did halfto replace it a number of years back..



In this case..the ground wire..on the pump..in the well..

Rotted off..see pic above...

Probly due to the toughf water we do have..

But 36 years is a good run...;0)

We will clean..n..repair n test the old pump..

Probly work fine..

We also put a tork arester..on the water line (see pic green thing on water line just above the new pump).. as wires can rub in the well due to tork..had at least one wear spot on the old down hole wire..that we saw..

Edited by - STUD figmo Al on 06/26/2024 02:13:24

STUD figmo Al - Posted - 06/26/2024:  02:18:07

quote:

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Originally posted by banjo bill-e

Al, I continue to be amazed and impressed with your many abilities. You have earned the name "Stud."

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Thanks...

But i allways liked learning things by doing..rather than reading..

N..loved n..lived construction stuff...

Well..the destruction part of construction... ;0)

N..about 60 years in the training..at this point..

Still..learnin.. :0)

Society Hill - Posted - 06/26/2024:  03:53:31

Glad that you got it going, this is a tough time of the year to do all this. We figured out years ago that we could do without electricity better than we could do without water but by then in south Alabama we had county-supplied water. Grew up in middle TN on a hand-dug well and something was always needing to be fixed. When the water started smelling "off" we would pull the top and dip out the dead slugs or field mice and let it run until the smell went away. Never thought about testing or bleach, but that probably would have been a good idea...

heavy5 - Posted - 06/26/2024:  03:54:29

Yes , the torque twister looks maybe like a good idea as many pump failures occur over time from the twisting & chaffing of the long elec wires from torque in the housing every time the pump starts .

lazyarcher - Posted - 06/26/2024:  08:26:13

Our pump went a few years back. It was constantly cycling and fried the circuit board also. 140 feet deep..luckily we were able to pull the old pump out with a boom truck as the pump was stuck in the sand. It had been installed too close to the bottom and over the years got partially buried. New install about 6 feet above bottom. New electronics, new pressure tank. A $4K fix but fixed.

steve davis - Posted - 06/26/2024:  09:18:23

I had a well drilled here in '93.
100'/10 gal. a minute.Casement to granite ledge.
I replaced the pressure gauge on the X-Trol once and test shows a bit of iron (few percent).
Our well driller said to add a shovel full of sand every 10 years.

1935tb-11 - Posted - 06/26/2024:  10:10:44

how deep was yours fig ? ours went out in 2008 and me and sweety pulled out and replaced it... luckily ours was only 48 feet deep... bought a pump on a sunday from a guy that has well drilling company and we pulled it out and had it going in one day. it was a struggle though..

Owen - Posted - 06/26/2024:  11:04:35

Al: "... The capasitor is what goes bad . The older pump had a capasitor.. that lives above ground..a 3 wire pump."

Onto a tangent, and one lof life's enduring mysteries to boot ... for the first couple of years of dairying, the capacitor for the pump to the barn failed about 3  or 4 times a year*.... I bought them in multiples so as to always have a spare on hand.  The electrician could find no cause and MB Hydro tested things, including for stray voltage, but found no cause.  In any event it cured itself and the last 12 or 13 years were uneventful in regards to pump capacitors. 

* = one of the memorable ones was when we were taking our annual winter week-end off .... sampling what Brandon, MB had to offer.  One a.m. the relief milker, a neighbouring farmer, phoned with the &^%$&# news! I told him what I figured the problem was and where the spare one was ... the well was located out in the open, [mucho c-c-cold temperature and howling wind that day], but he opted for DIY and call a in an electrician if necessary.  All's well that end's well [no pun intended].   I've always been blessed (?) with, and grateful for, good neighbours.