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DEDICATED SHALLOW WELL PUMP INSTALLATIONS

REPLACING AN OLD PUMP

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Disconnect power to pump before

working on pump or motor.

1. Drain and remove the old pump. Check the old pipe for

scale, lime, rust, etc., and replace it if necessary.

2. Install the pump in the system. Make sure that all pipe

joints in the suction pipe are air-tight as well as water

tight. If the suction pipe can suck air, the pump will not

be able to pull water from the well.

3. Adjust the pump mounting height so that the plumbing

connections do not put a strain on the pump body.

Support the pipe so that the pump body does not take

the weight of piping or ttings.

(Figure 1)

Foot Valve

Stainer

Well Casing

Sanitary Well Seal

To Power Box

Suction Pipe

Priming Tee with

Priming Port, Plug

and Pressure

Gauge

To House

Water

System

2 3

Cased Well Installation (Figure 1)

1. Mount the pump as close to the well as possible.

2. Assemble the foot valve, strainer, and well pipe.

Make sure that the foot valve works freely.

3. Lower the pipe into the well until the strainer is ve

feet above the bottom of the well. It should also be at

least 10 feet below the well’s water level.

4. Install a sanitary well seal.

5. Install a priming tee, priming plug, and pressure gauge

to pump’s discharge port. Connect the pipe from the

well to the pump’s suction port, using the fewest

possible ttings-especially elbows – increase friction

in the pipe. The suction pipe should be at least

as large as the suction port on the pump. Support

the pipe so that there are no dips or sags in the pipe,

so not to strain the pump body, and so that it

slopes slightly upward from the well to the pump

(Note: Not doing so can create air locks preventing

the pump from working properly). Seal the suction

pipe joints with PTFE pipe thread sealant tape or a

PTFE-based pipe joint compound. Joints must be air-

and-water-tight. If the suction pipe can suck air,

the pump cannot pull water from well.

6. See instructions on page 8 for connecting discharge

pipe to tank.