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Thanks alot speedbump. Will do.

Yes it is the suction line that is reduced from 1-1/4 plastic to 3/4" galvanized just before the pump. It does have a check valve in line just before it reduces and I replaced it which improved the level I could pump down to. A foot valve is merely another check valve with a strainer meant to...

I am an elderly single man so I guess I mean it works to supply my needs and has for twenty years. I will replace the 3/4" reduction to 1-1/4" as you suggest but the cost of replacing the entire line,which goes under an asphalt road and approximately 110 feet,is cost prohibitive. I likewise do...

Yes,I totally agree (pumps push better than they pull), but this system has been here for twenty years and worked okay till recently. My main question was why they rerduce down from 1-1/4" to 3/4" about 14 inches from the pump inlet.

Hello.I have an 1800 gallon underground cistern for household water supply,located across the road in a unheated pole barn (my house is on a river bank). The pump is located in a crawl space under the house which makes for a very long suction line. The suction line at the tank is 1" galvanized...