Water Pump FAIL 

Making mistakes is all part of it! Thomas Edison said, "I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that don't work"! Hopefully you will have only found the one way that didn't work! Can't wait to see the deck build!

I love your positive attitude! It had to be so frustrating but you kept at it and I'm sure you have, or will have, it all figured out. Great job!

Too bad about the start-up amperage draw of that huge water pump. I'm glad you figured out that you would have to re-wire your whole system to accommodate that huge pump so you decided to go back to the small RV water pump instead. Nice that you can send the new invertor back and put your original invertor back in. Nice pump house to protect your water pressure equipment from low temperatures. Thanks for this TSH!

You didn't fail you just found out a way that it didn't work. They make a submersible 12 volt pump that pushes 1600 gallons an hour. It's about $45 on Amazon. I bought a 660 gallon per hour marine sub pump on amazon for $17 that runs our swamp cooler. All you really need is a small.pressure tank and the appropriate pump. You are pumping a long way that is what was tripping your system. I would gravity feed to an accumulator tank closer to the trailer and pump from there. Your pressure tank is what pushes the water to your trailer. The biggest thing is to have a foot valve, also known as a back flow prevention valve, between your pump.and tank so that your tank pressure is not pushing back against your pump. Once you fill your pressure tank 3/4 of the way with water you can shoot air into to compensate for the lack of pressure the pump does not create. You may have to do this periodically but it can be done way cheaper this way. I have set up many irragation systems this way and can talk you through it if you like. Hope this helps. Email if you want woodtnn@gmail.com.

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Really enjoy watching your progress and solutions to the issues that come up. We live in Tucson and love Cochise County, I look for RU4 land outside Patagonia all the time. Out of curiosity, what do you do with your grey water? Do, or will you install a septic system?

No fail guys!!! It is all a learning experience. You are doing awesome and making that beautiful place yours. Love how you include your kids in every project. Keep it up!🌵🌞

The additional shade sail looks great and you got it up just in time too! 👍 You guys might not be plumbers, but you are electricians! That solar set up looks like a work of art! 👍👍 Now just out of curiosity....why didn't you just get a smaller pump since the whole system was pretty much done? One thing is for sure, your attitude is fantastic and you guys make a "Fail" video look like so much fun. Looking forward to seeing the deck! That'll make a huge difference in the feeling of your homestead.

The pump should be closer to the airstream and rely on pressure from the big tank the pump wont have to work so hard ( lower ramps? In theory) what is FLA rating on the pump motor) try that first. The start up will always be a tad higher. That extension card loses amps cuz it too too long. Voltage and amp drop. 🙂

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That was the pump we were going to buy. Now we think it's back to the drawing board. Puff dirt......there are no words for how I feel about it!

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If only I had a dollar for every mistake we’ve made. 😁 Lookin forward to that deck. I did that pulling rocks in the wagon one time. It just about killed me. Lol.

Sorry it did not work out for you guys. What I do to transfer water from my water trailer to my 2500 gallon water tank is use a pump similar to what you had and run a 2000w honda generator to pump into my big tank. This takes about 1/2 hour. The cord from the pump to the generator is 2' so there is no voltage drop from a long power cord. I'm also off grid. Sulphur Springs Coop wanted around $25,000 to run power from my neighbors transformer to me! For $25,000 I can build a pretty nice Solar & battery setup. Anyway, good luck on your new idea.

The learning curves... Don’t be shy to film your mistakes... they are as truthful as your success 👌🏼 I like your channel & keep up the good work.

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Nikola Tesla we need you now! 😂 What's your take on a stand alone solar water pump for this application?...Besides cost.

I know it was a super hard week. Love you guys! And cheers to an awesome deck and no muddy feet in the airstream. 😂. You are going to love monsoon season!

Hey man, I love fails that are documented and presented for others to learn. I keep fails in my videos to make sure others see what things are really like.

Couldn't you have just got a motor soft starter to limit the inrush starting current of the motor?

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We are waiting your video, great video

One major issue, your in the desert. Since a well is out of the question (cost, rancher deleting the wells), and your in the desert. In the desert you get your water from water catchment systems. Yeah your pump is incorrectly designed. But your wife stated your coming into monsoon season. Huge key! Where you get your water is from the sky 95% of off grid people. Yet you have no way of capturing this free water! you put up sun shades by your Airstream, but you have ZERO ways of collecting free rainwater to put into your catchment. If your using your catchment for drinking water, you can still harvest rain water, just needs to be filtered correctly.

A deck is a great idea! Outhouse next?