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We have been using city water since our submersible pump failed about 5 years ago. We miss the good tasting well water and want to replace the 3-wire 1/2 HP 220 volt Franklin submersible pump. The top of the casing is 5' down in the ground! I've dug down to expose the well head, water pipe, electric cable and copper vent line.
I know the plastic water pipe will have to be cut, as will the electric cable (electric power is disconnected), and the copper vent line will unscrew from the well head.
Problem is I don't know how to remove the cap. I expected to see some bolt heads but there are none. How do we remove this cap? Is it threaded into the casing? How does it seal?
I have another question: Several years ago a neighbor had a pump problem with a 2-wire 1/2 HP Goulds submersible pump. The well driller installed a new pump and gave me the old one. I took it apart and found the impellers were clogged with silt and there appears to be no resultant damage. After cleaning and reassembling the pump, it runs fine. I would like to use this pump to eliminate the cost of buying a new one. The city water would be there as a backup in case the pump fails. Am I being penny-wise and pound-foolish?
This forum was a great help to me a few months ago when I first started checking into our submersible pump problem. The pump would run for a minute then trip the 20 amp. breakers. I found the load on one AC line measured about normal at 5 amps. but the other a whopping 24 amps, so there is an overload for sure.
Thanks again for any help!
Fred in sunny NYS
I know the plastic water pipe will have to be cut, as will the electric cable (electric power is disconnected), and the copper vent line will unscrew from the well head.
Problem is I don't know how to remove the cap. I expected to see some bolt heads but there are none. How do we remove this cap? Is it threaded into the casing? How does it seal?
I have another question: Several years ago a neighbor had a pump problem with a 2-wire 1/2 HP Goulds submersible pump. The well driller installed a new pump and gave me the old one. I took it apart and found the impellers were clogged with silt and there appears to be no resultant damage. After cleaning and reassembling the pump, it runs fine. I would like to use this pump to eliminate the cost of buying a new one. The city water would be there as a backup in case the pump fails. Am I being penny-wise and pound-foolish?
This forum was a great help to me a few months ago when I first started checking into our submersible pump problem. The pump would run for a minute then trip the 20 amp. breakers. I found the load on one AC line measured about normal at 5 amps. but the other a whopping 24 amps, so there is an overload for sure.
Thanks again for any help!
Fred in sunny NYS