[Shop-talk] OT: Well Water Pressure Tanks

[David Scheidt]

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Douglas Braun <doug at dougbraun.com> wrote:
> Isn't there a huge variation in requirements depending on how deep the well
> is?
>
> (Around here, my basement would fill up with water in the springtime
> if there was no sump pump...)
>



Pump, tank, and well are a system.  They need to be matched.  If you
have a well that's a really slow producer, you need a bigger storage
tank (and maybe a second pump for water pressure for the loads.).  IF
you've got a high-volume well, you can get by with a small tank.  IF
you're in the middle, with a well that generally produces about the
demand, you need a fairly large tank.




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David Scheidt
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