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Installation 3
SHALLOW WELL JET PUMP
INSTALLATIONS:
• Have a vertical depth between the pump and the
water being pumped of 25’ or less.
• Have one pipe from the well to the pump case.
• Can be installed in a bored or drilled well, or in a
driven well.
REPLACING AN OLD PUMP
Hazardous voltage. Disconnect power to
pump before working on a pump or a motor.
1. Drain and remove the old pump. Check the old pipe
for scale, lime, rust, etc., and replace it if necessary.
2. Install the pump in the system. Make sure that all
pipe joints in the suction pipe are air-tight as well as
water tight. If the suction pipe can suck air, the
pump will not be able to pull water from the well.
3. Adjust the pump mounting height so that the plumb-
ing connections do not put a strain on the pump
body. Support the pipe so that the pump body does
not take the weight of piping or fittings.
You have just completed the well plumbing for your
new shallow well jet pump. Please go to Pages 5 and 6
for discharge pipe and tank connections.
WELL POINT (DRIVEN POINT)
INSTALLATION (FIGURE 1)
1. Drive the well, using drive couplings and a drive
cap. Drive fittings are threaded all the way through
and allow the pipe ends to butt against each other so
that the driving force of the maul is carried by the
pipe and not by the threads. The ordinary fittings
found in hardware stores are not threaded all the
way through the fitting and can collapse under
impact. Drive fittings are also smoother than stan-
dard plumbing fittings, making ground penetration
easier.
2. Mount the pump as close to the well as possible
3. Use the fewest possible fittings (especially elbows)
when connecting the pipe from the well point to the
pump suction port. The suction pipe should be at
least as large as the suction port on the pump
(include a check valve as close to the well as possi-
ble - see Figure 1). 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 suc-
tion pipe joints with teflon tape. Joints must be air-
and water-tight. If the suction pipe can suck air, the
pump cannot pull water from the well. If one well
point does not supply enough water, consider con-
necting two or three well points to one suction pipe.
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.
Drive
Coupling
Drive
Point
Drive point
below water
level
Pump Priming Tee and Plug
(Replace plug with pressure
Gauge if desired – purchase
separately)
To Household
Water System
Suction Pipe
From Well
Check
Valve
Priming
Tee and
Plug
Not
to
Scale
Figure 1 – Driven Point Installation
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