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Installation 4

CASED WELL INSTALLATION, 2" OR

LARGER CASING (FIGURE 2)

1. Mount the pump as close to the well as possible.

2. Assemble the foot valve, strainer, and well pipe (see

Figure 2). Make sure that the foot valve works freely.

3. Lower the pipe into the well until the strainer is five

feet above the bottom of the well. It should also be at

least 10 feet below the well’s water level

while the

pump is running

in order to prevent the pump from

sucking air. Install a sanitary well seal.

4. Install a priming tee, priming plug, and suction pipe to

the pump (see Figure 2). Connect the pipe from the

well to the pump suction port, using the fewest possible

fittings – especially elbows – as fittings increase friction

in the pipe (however, include a foot valve – see Figure

2). The suction pipe should be at least as large as the

suction port on the pump. Use teflon tape on threaded

pipe joints. Support the pipe so that there are no dips or

sags in the pipe, so it doesn’t strain the pump body, and

so that it slopes slightly upward from the well to the

pump (high spots can cause air pockets which can air

lock the pump). Seal the suction pipe joints with teflon

tape. Joints must be air-tight and water-tight.

If the

suction pipe can suck air, the pump cannot pull water

from the well.

You have just completed the suction piping for your

new shallow well jet pump. Please go to Pages 5 and 6

for discharge pipe and tank connections.

INSTALLATION FOR SURFACE WATER

(FIGURE 3)

1. The pump should be installed as close to the water as

possible, with the fewest possible fittings (especially

elbows) in the suction pipe. The suction pipe should

be at least as large as the suction port on the pump.

2. Assemble a foot valve and suction pipe (see Figure 3).

Make sure that the foot valve works freely. Use teflon

tape on threaded pipe joints. Protect the foot valve

assembly from fish, trash, etc, by installing a screen

around it (see Figure 3).

3. Lower the pipe into the water until the strainer is five

feet above the bottom. It should also be at least 10

feet below the water level in order to prevent the

pump from sucking air.

4. Install a priming tee, priming plug, and suction pipe

to the pump (see Figure 3). Support the pipe so that

there are no dips or sags in the pipe, so it doesn’t

strain the pump body, and so that it slopes slightly

upward from the well to the pump (high spots can

cause air pockets which can air lock the pump). Seal

the suction pipe joints with teflon tape. Joints must be

air-tight and water-tight.

If the suction pipe can suck

air, the pump cannot pull water from the well.

You have just completed the plumbing for your new

shallow well jet pump. Please go to Pages 5 and 6 for

discharge pipe and tank connections.

Check

Valve

Suction Pipe

From Well

To Household

Water System

Pump Priming Tee and Plug

(Replace plug with Pressure

Gauge if desired – purchase

separately)

10'

Min.

5–10'

Priming

Tee and

Plug

Foot Valve

(Check Valve

on foot of

Suction Pipe)

Sanitary

Well Seal

Well

Casing

Water

Level

2347 0396 SIM

Not

Scale

Figure 2 – Cased Well Installation

Screen

10'