Good job, well planned Well detailed, you even mentioned the correct way to wind the tape 😂 Further improvements can be: 1- if you made that shelve a little bigger it will help you remove the holding tank (for cleaning puposes) without disturbing the pressure tank on the top Or maybe you can remove one of the legs but you would know if that would still be stable or not... 2- cleaning the tank more often might save costs on the 2 filters after the holding tank 3- it is a small tank so this might not be applicable here: the higher the suction of the 2nd pump from the bottom of the tank, the less sedimentation the pump will suck in... but the higher the water level needs to be so that the pump does not run dry or get air locked. This can be done by raising the float which signals the well pump to run (i.e. it runs earlier) & it seems you already have enough water to do that 4- you have 2 pumps in the system Obviously the well pump has to be of a larger capacity compared to the 2nd pump so that it can cope with demand & in order for the 2nd pump not to run dry
Good video, Thanks What do you do, if the well produce only 6 gpm and your holding tank is 1000 gallons. At the beginning, it takes 1000 gallons to fill up the tank and your well doesn't have enough water to fill the tank...
A good video to get the holding tank replacement discussion started. I did like how you pulled all the old stuff out and just started over. With that, I would agree with "Nuna Yobusiness" comments and would add: 1. I would have installed 2 - 4.5 X 20" sediment filters before the tank, 50 micron then 30 micron (with that much sediment from the well). that little filter seems entirely inadequate considering the amount of sediment. 2. I would have kept the 300 gallon tank, just cleaned it up a bit. 3. Install a filtered breather & overflow on the tank. 4. When connecting unions, I always use silicon lubricant on the o-ring and make extra sure everything is clean before assembling. Please don't take any of this as criticism as I think it's great you did the video and put it all out there for us to comment on. You had some great ideas to do this project at all and you very much did clean up a pretty ugly situation.
The well pump turned on when the float in the tank would get low. We’ll pump is 220v and float runs on 110 so I had to install a contactor. When the float switch made contact, it would kick the contactor on and send 220 to the well
The pump in the house is to get the water from the holding tank, to the pressure tank/house. Yes the pressure tank is a set psi but there is no way for the water to get to the tank without a pump
To keep it off of the ground. If you notice the tank is not insulated. When the cold well water enters the tank the overall tank water temperature drops.........this creates loads of condensation. In the summer months there are actually wet areas. Have to control the growth of mold due to wet or damp areas ........I use a spray of chlorox and water
