Hey wrenches Water leaks in wells, I just pulled my well pump out at a mere 390 feet, older galvanized 11/4 « steel, where the Water rose and dropped the pipe was is poor shape, not leaking yet but it will l suggest if the pump is pul l Ed then replace it with well pipe either sch 80 or 120 depending on the depth. Fun times
On Sun, May 26, 2024, 11:14 AM Darryl Thayer via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > I had a similar pipe leak. I forgot how I located it, but I used a vaccumn > gauge or pump and to determine how far down the well the the leak was > and pulled the pump and pipe and found a crack. > > On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 8:41 PM Bradley Bassett via RE-wrenches < > re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > >> I have a water system with a Grundfos SQFlex SQF3-2 pump. I'm getting >> water flow in reverse either through the pump or a leak up to the pump. My >> question is if the check valve on the top of the pump is not sealing, will >> the progressive cavity pump allow water to flow through the pump in >> reverse? I'd think that with a positive displacement pump it would not, >> except very slowly or if it turned the motor backwards which I think would >> be very unlikely. There is about 100 psi head on the pump. >> >> I think it's most likely I have a leak somewhere in the plumbing, and of >> course another failed check valve farther up in the plumbing. It's possible >> to get failures even with redundant protection if you have two concurrent >> failures, which I must have here. >> >> Brad Bassett >> Old time solar guy who used to do solar pumping back in the '80's and >> '90's. Mostly retired now. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Redwood Alliance >> >> Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Change listserver email address & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the >> other: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out or update participant bios: >> http://www.members.re-wrenches.org >> >> _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > >
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