Shane, AS a retired Aircraft mtce engineer I look for videos that show people who derive satisfaction from what they do,as yourself. I was curious about the business end of the pump in detail, however the explanation of the pits and pieces was in high speed and no words (disappointed) but i have learned so much about wind mills I never knew. Hope you show your next rebuild of the pump assy in the future, tnx
Will do! Yes it’s hard knowing what I need to show or not, and a lot of times, I do film certain segments, but due to sound, wind, cussing(not really), we fast forward and show just the 10,000 ft view. Thank you so much for watching, we will get better! I will for sure do a pump rebuild soon now that you have asked!!!😀
@@OkieWindmiller I'VE been curious about things since I was a kid. Aircraft well it was mandatory after 3 years of working on a bench fixing electronic units you were forced to work on the aircraft as in the !960's there was no school that taught aircraft mtce, Then stayed, found it more fun
You seem to busy all the time, taking time to see how "Puddin" or others continue to do the similar things but keep people engaged seems like a great idea, from somebody that has never done it.
Yes this is quite the learning experience and trying to stay on top of work, getting the videos, and trying to keep the family all happy is like juggling chainsaws. Thank you for watching!!!!
They make vice grips that you only adjust the tension...(how hard it grips) and when you put them on something they automatically adjust to different sizes. I think they would be amazeing for you. They have a small screw doun by the spring and no size adjustment knob. Google automatic locking plyers.
You’re right! If I remember right, I didn’t have my threading die on the truck to cut the new theead. This system is completely getting replaced with solar very soon, so our goal was to get it back to making water only so we could prove that the windmill will no longer work in its location. The customer wanted this. The trees have overtaken its surroundings, and no longer has enough air flow to make it work. So to just get it going for the test, I filed the threads and tested the thread engagement with a coupling, and it was fine. Thank you for watching!!
Love seeing the water flowing! Are there different gpm pumps? Just curious! How much gpm does a pump like that provide? Our smallest submersible is 5 gpm And up from there. Most people don’t want to pay for the bigger pumps. 10 gpm is most common! Sometimes, we get to put in 30 gpm +. Yoo-hoo
Howdy there! We can pump up to 80 gpm but looking at the pump curve we could do 96 if it’s shallow water! We try to match output of a windmill or just a bit more. Our standard is the 6 gpm, but have done a few 3 gpm on marginal wells. Some vineyards we do more like the 16 gpm to keep their tanks full. But once it’s full, a smaller pump would be fine, but they want to know that if their tank goes dry or offline for any reason, they have plenty of backup! Thank you for watching!!!!!
That’s awesome. I didn’t know that they could go to that much water! On a submersible we undersize because we don’t want to have to put pump protection so we don’t burn up the submersible pump. But like your pumps, depending upon static and size can do more than what it says, depending upon the Pump curve of course.
Good question! We imstruct customers to test them every so often. This is done by turning the windmill on and if water starts immediately we’re clogged, but if the mill is spinning good and takes a half minute or so to start making water, we know it’s clogged. I also check this on my yearly service. Thank you for watching!!!!!!!
I didn’t answer your question tho. The best way to keep it unclogged is to make it big enough that particulates can easily flow thru, but that comes with the heavy cost of loss of production. It’s harder on steel pipe because of rust, which can naturally close it up over time.
In this job there is a tank on a raised platform behind your windmill setup. is there a way that the windmill driven hand pump can pump water into a raised storage tank like that? My guess is that you would have to put the hand pump above the level of the raised storage tank. Also i know you mentioned a maximum draw hieght dependent on the pumping head specification determined by manufacturer. Theoretically could you just delete the hand pump and have a real tall pipe/sucker rod with the T fitting above the raised storage tank? Maybe I need to figure out if the hand pump is needed but I thought you had a setup with a T with no handpump just a open vertical pipe with sucker rod going up to windmilll unit. Don't mean to drive you nuts teaching but am really curious about doing this instead of a solar submersible Thanks if you can understand my proposed setup and tell m if I'm way off base
Howdy there! So years ago, this did pump water into the tank. But, the stuffing box area of the hand pump failed years ago so no water has made it to the tank for years. Technically it could, if maintained. Most of the time, we do exactly what you said, stand pipe being taller than the tank, but depends on your windmill tower height. Works great!!!! We set a lot of tanks 10-12’ in the air, and that allows a normal height windmill tower to work with it. You can totally do this! I will say tho, if you are in a climate that freezes, the added height makes the water pressure on the weep hole really drain the pipe fast, so on days where the wind isn’t consistent, you may not get water in the tank that day……..because never fails, water gets to the top of the pipe, wind stops, and it drains, then you have to get enough breeze to refill it again, and the cycle continues. If you aren’t in a freeze area, you could omit the weep hole, but I would at least put a valve close to the surface to drain it just in case…………..
@@OkieWindmiller Thanks so much for the response and ,mentioning the hand pump stuffing box assembly I did not know it could potentially develop pressure at the hose bib good to know
I've watched enough of your recent videos to understand what you're doing here, but your hundreds (thousands?) of new viewers might have trouble with these early productions that have no running commentary. However, once we get the basic operation we won't need you to repeat the same lesson over and over from then on. Puts you in a difficult position having to decide what is the right amount of explaining every week... What are you thinking you will do to avoid being repetitive?
I don’t know. Our thought is that each job is soooo different from the last, and scenery is different, I hope to keep people engaged. We will see. Only time will tell. So far everyone is saying they love it and to keep it up, so that’s the direction we’re gonna go!😀
