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"Locked well pump"


Posted by Sherrie on May 24th, 2004 09:23 AM
In reply to pump by Brian on June 11th, 2003 05:27 AM [Go to top of thread]

My well for irrigating my regular size lot is about 150 feet down at least. The water table is at about 65 feet. The interior piping fell and the pump was not used for 1 1/2 months. Prior to that it was working well. We hired a man who pulled the pipe up and rewired it and secured it. When we tried to start the pump it starts for less than 5 seconds, and then it kicks off. He said the pump is probably "locked" from silt or sand. He tried pulling the pump up and down and pounding it a bit to see if we could unlock it. At this point it is still not working. Any suggestions?

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Topic History:

  • shallow well by Jack  5/30/98 01:23 PM (: 1, : 0)
  • Shallow Well by Steve  5/30/98 03:28 PM (: 15, : 1)
  • pump by Brian  6/11/03 05:27 AM






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