Dual Submersible install [RE-wrenches]

[Ken Schaal]

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RE :  PE pipe for wells--   Even here in slow to change Virginia  , poly
pipe has been standard since the 60's .

Must be all those Republican ranchers that still use galv. pipe because they
like  HARD WORK!

Ken

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From: "Windy Dankoff, Dankoff Solar" <windy at dankoffsolar.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: Dual Submersible install [RE-wrenches]




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Nick,

I tried the diet patch on my head, but it made me light-headed.

I'm so glad you still have all your fingers and your lower back intact,
not to mention your pride.

There is a place for hand installations done by the solar contractor
(and/or owner) but I have to be conservative in my advice and call the
limit at 200 feet. And then, only if there aren't obstacles and
unknowns presented by conditions at the site (like another pump already
in a 6" casing.

You say the local driller used a winch wheel to pull the AC pump in 20
minutes. This sounds like it is down on flex poly pipe that he rolls up
onto a large wheel -- ? This is very efficient but unusual in our
country, where the standard system dates back to the iron age and uses
rigid 20' joints requiring a slower method. My understanding is that a
very tiny percentage of well contractors in USA do it this way because
of tradition. However, in other countries that didn't have drilled
wells until the plastic age, the reel winch method is used, and it's
much faster.

Windy

>
> Windy, Matt, Ron, Wrenches,
>
>  Just wanted to give an update on the finished dual pump install.
> Thanks to Windy for alarming me of the seriousness of the already
> discomforting install I was about to take on. Thanks as well to Matt
> and Ron for their tips. Luckily I called the local well driller and
> they were able to get someone out today and it was dropped
> simultaneously with the Ac pump and using a dual well seal without a
> problem. With the winch wheel equipped on the truck the existing pump
> was pulled in about 20 minutes. The well professional finished the
> splice and plumbing portion and had almost began to drop both just as
> I finished up module grounding and tidying up the wires at the pole
> mount. In addition to once both pumps were down in the well he
> finished up plumbing back into the pressure tank and additional valve
> for flood irrigating with the PV pump about twice as fast as myself.
> While the pump technician's rate was twice the amount of my hourly it
> easily paid off in time saved so the owner and myself could go about
> our day.
>
>  In the future I will not hesitate on calling in someone with the
> right equipment for the job or expertise. Sometimes you have the gut
> feeling that the job is not something you feel comfortable with from
> the beginning and asking for the right help from people with the right
> tools goes a long way for good rest and prevention of costly mistakes.
>
> Thanks again for the quick alert, it may have saved me ???, Nick A
> Lucchese

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