Deep Well Hand Pump - A Great Way to Get Water From Your Well Without Electricity

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	Deep Well Hand Pump Deep well hand pump can be a great solution if you have a drilled well on your property but want an extra way to draw water, should the power go off or if you want to go off the grid completely. How Does it Work? Just like any pump, it creates a vacuum that forces water from underground through a pipe or hose into another area, such as a holding tank for your home. How it Works It works by creating suction that removes the air from the central chamber of the pump. A pump is a bit like using a really long straw, but with a much more powerful suction force. The pump is activated by a lever that moves up and down. Air is forced out through a one-way valve, creating a vacuum in the chamber. Water then comes up into the chamber and through an outlet into a hose or pipe. By continually moving the lever up and down, you get a steady flow of water. How Much Work is Involved The first time you use your pump, it will take approximately one stroke for every foot of water depth it takes to bring the water to the surface. For example, if your water is 150 feet down, you will need to pump 150 strokes the first time you get water. By the Way Your water usually isn't nearly as deep as the depth of your well. The company that drilled your well probably went far deeper than necessary to ensure you get plenty of water, so even if your well was drilled to a depth of 300 feet, you will likely hit water after about 150 feet. After you have used your pump for the first time, you will need to pump only six to ten strokes each time to draw the water back up to the pump head. How Do You Install It? Depending on what kind of cover is on your well, you can either install the deep well hand pump yourself or hire a pump professional to install it for you. If your cover has a pressure pipe that passes through the cover and continues to your house, you definitely won't be able to install your deep well hand pump yourself. That's because the string of pipe attached to the cover can weigh hundreds of pounds. A professional installer will have special equipment to lift the heavy string. If you don't have a pressure pipe running through your cover, you likely can install the deep well hand pump yourself if you can handle simple plumbing skills. A Word of Caution Don't install your deep well hand pump unless you know what you are doing. Also, because you will need to disconnect the pump wiring under the cover and reconnect it through a new cover, be sure and cut off the power at the breaker box. More Help Detailed instructions on how to install a deep well hand pump can also be found here. Learn More About Going Off the Grid It's not just for a great day at the beach, but the sun can be a great source of energy as well. Learn about harnessing power from the sun. Is it always breezy where you live? You can use all that air to save money. Learn how harnessing the wind is becoming an increasingly viable source of electricity. If you have a small stream nearby, you not only have a source of water, but you could also have a potential source of energy. Learn more here. Want to use that rain on days when it's dry? You can with a rain barrel. Learn why a cistern is great source of back up water for emergency purposes. If you don't have water pumped into your house, you will need an alterative way to deal with waste. Enter the Composting Toilet - How it works and why you should have one. For the hard-core, off the gridder: The Methane Digester and How it Works. Do you have a drilled well and still want to use it, even when you have no power? Then learn more about a deep well hand pump. Learn the importance of going off the grid. For the hard-core, off the gridder: The Methane Digester and How it Works. Return from Deep Well Hand Pump to the Home Page	Build Your Own Chicken Tractor! *You Can Build a Chicken Tractor* Provides you with step-by-step instructions on how to build a chicken tractor and also provides helpful information on how to get free wood and how your chickens can pay for themselves. Click Here learn more. Search This Site: Subscribe to my free ezine! Successful Homesteading is a bi-weekly e-zine covering everything about self-reliance and the healthy, frugal life. Imagine! Great tips on organic gardening, self reliance, frugal living and frugal recipes on a regular basis and sent straight to your ebox! Click here to subscribe.
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