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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 568409" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>To Clarify:</p><p></p><p>When we get our new well drilled it will be on a 220V (probably 2 HP) submersible pump. Our longest run down an alleyway to our farthest stock tank is about 2200 feet. Will use a generator to pump into stock tanks, into a back-up storage tank. An hour of generator power will pump a lot of water from a well. We are not considering using solar to power a new well pump. It would take forever to pump the amount of water we need with a DC pump.</p><p></p><p>A windmill is out too. After considering the initial cost to put one up, it is a "mechanical thing" that stuff can go wrong with the gears, blades, sucker rod & leathers. To get one serviced would be a major repair & maintenance expense. When a submersible pump goes out, it's a 2-3 hour visit from our well man to jerk old one out and put in a new one (I know, we have had our well pump at our homeplace replaced several times over the years).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 568409, member: 9"] To Clarify: When we get our new well drilled it will be on a 220V (probably 2 HP) submersible pump. Our longest run down an alleyway to our farthest stock tank is about 2200 feet. Will use a generator to pump into stock tanks, into a back-up storage tank. An hour of generator power will pump a lot of water from a well. We are not considering using solar to power a new well pump. It would take forever to pump the amount of water we need with a DC pump. A windmill is out too. After considering the initial cost to put one up, it is a "mechanical thing" that stuff can go wrong with the gears, blades, sucker rod & leathers. To get one serviced would be a major repair & maintenance expense. When a submersible pump goes out, it's a 2-3 hour visit from our well man to jerk old one out and put in a new one (I know, we have had our well pump at our homeplace replaced several times over the years). [/QUOTE]
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