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Originally Posted by 454PB  How would you power a D.C. pump?
If you've never pulled a submersible pump from a 75' well, take it from someone who has....it's not an easy job. Even after it's removed, you would have to transfer the pitless adapter and pipe to the D.C. pump, and probably install new wire to handle the increased amperage required by lower voltage D.C.
It seems to me in an emergency it's easier to either store enough stabilized fuel to run an external generator for however long you need water, or siphon the fuel from your vehicles. That's what I do. |
As stated before, batteries.
I've pulled ESP's from thousands of feet; with the right, equipment, people and mindset, it can be done relatively easily.
But why do you advocate pulling it, if it ain't broke, leave it down there assuming it is totally submerged as it should be, then there's no harm in sitting another pump on top of it. seeing as we're talking about a temporary/emergency type set up then, flexy/or lay-flat hose is all you need for the delivery pipework.
The scenario described at the start of the thread was loss of power & being unable to run his emergency generator.