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What are good reliable brands besides goulds?
I have an old 1/3 hp convertible jet pump with twin pipes from goulds. I wanna a replace it with something with a little more kick. Is it basically plug and play if I wanted to switch to 3/4 hp?I'm not really a fan of Grundfos jet pumps, they use stainless steel housings which are loud and they have a long history of blowing out threads. They'd have a much better product if they weren't so cheap with the stainless steel, just a little thicker and they'd be fine.
I like Flint&Walling jets, F&W still supports theirs better then most manufacturers, different jets and nozzles are more available. Their housing ratings are really high so I tent to use them in places I need to make a lot of head pressure while pulling from a shallow source.
Goulds is my go to for Jet pumps though, they've been solid for years.
I do wish Burks was still around. I still have a number of those in service from before I was born, they keep going forever.
I have an old 1/3 hp convertible jet pump with twin pipes from goulds. I wanna a replace it with something with a little more kick. Is it basically plug and play if I wanted to switch to 3/4 hp?
StaffordHere in CT almost every domestic well is 6" occasionally we see an 8".
How much to make the switch to submersible? ApproxIf it's from the same series yes. Pretty much all of the J series convertibles have been using the same housing for years the only difference being the motor and impeller, so all the pipe connections stay in the same place.
Before jumping into changing things around it's always good to ask why it was set up that way to begin with. They may have used a 1/3 HP because it couldn't out-pump the well. Put a larger pump up against the same well and drop pipes it could pull down the well and lose it's prime.
Changing out old deep well jets is always a risk, you shake things up a bit and you might also need to pull the drop pipe because the jet gets plugged with something that came lose.
Overall if you can, changing it over to a submersible system you will see a huge improvement with similar long term costs.
A Lot of variables
Have to find & dig up the well
How long to break the seal loose?
How far from the house?
Do you need a new tank? Top of the line or contractor grade?
Extend the casing above grade?
Top of the line pump or contractor grade plastic pump?
Do you chance the old offset to carry the pressure or slide a new smaller line inside the 1.25 poly?
I've often wondered about the conversion? Do you know where one can purchase ? I've changed over lots before but only with the double 90s never with a pitlessI've seen conversions where the two pipe pitless is modified so that the wire comes through the bottom pipe and loops up. Prevents having to dig up and plug one hole of the pitless.
I would think you would cut/disconnect one of the pipes outside of the casing, and route the wires up the outside of the casing with a 1 inch pvc conduit rising up to the well cap. You would seal the extra port, through the casing outside of the casing, if you did not replace the pitless with a single-pipe version somehow.I've often wondered about the conversion? Do you know where one can purchase ? I've changed over lots before but only with the double 90s never with a pitless
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