Posted by Hal/Eastern WA on February 16, 2012 at 19:13:01 from (71.213.241.33):
In Reply to: Well pumps question posted by Greg K on February 15, 2012 at 16:40:04:
Another advantage of using a submersible pump is that unless the well really goes dry, the pump gets cooled by the water around it. I have seen above ground pump motors get pretty hot if they run a long time.
I had a problem with my submersible pump one time, I suppose about 10 years ago. The pump would start, run a while until the pressure switch turned it off. Then the pressure gauge would go down fairly quickly and the pump would start again, over and over. Apparently the internal check valve in the pump had failed somehow. So I pulled the pump and added an external check valve just above the pump. That fixed the problem fairly easily and a whole lot cheaper than replacing the pump. I will never put another submersible in without adding a new external check valve.
Losing prime isn"t an issue with a submersible. If there is water around the pump and the control system starts the pump, it will push water up the pipe. When I was a kid, we had a jet pump and I remember having to store several gallons of water in the pump house, in case the pump lost its prime, which it did occasionally. It was a hassle and when I was about 12, we got a new submersible. We never had almost any trouble with that pump and in talking to the woman who bought our farmstead, that pump was only replaced a couple of years ago. More than 40 years of service isn"t bad, in my opinion.
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