Will it actually pump water when it's 75-100 feet down? A well driller said one can only pump by hand if water's 20-26 feet, based on altitude. True?
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Your well driller is referring to suction pumps or pitcher pumps. Our pump is a force pump. We have clients at over 9,000' in elevation in the mountains of Colorado that have this pump set down at around 100' and it is working great. We also market this pump to several well drillers that use it at depths well over 100'. So to answer your question, absolutely yes.
1962398
It's a strong little pump as most bilge pumps are and will pump water several feet in what ever direction you run the hose but I wouldn't go much over 5 or 6 feet.
1745500
In my use of the pump, I have had the pump within a few feet vertical from the surface of the water. Priming and pumping under these conditions has been successful. Trying to prime and run the pump with 5 to 8 feet above the water surface may work ok, but you will simply need to try it. It would be better to set the pump on something in the basement (unless the water is too deep to do this) and then run the outlet hose out the window. Good luck. In general, I have found both the 3 and 4 inch pumps to be reliable and fairly easy to prime.Wally Gwynn
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Hi, I did have one of these. Very good little pump. wouldn't draw water from a source deeper than seven to ten feet deep. Pressure was sufficient to run an instant propane hot water shower. Worked very well in fact. Yes there was a built in pressure regulator. I recommend this for camping/ RV / any sort of backcountry house with no mains. Worked well and rugged.
1360710
which type of well? Live well? shallow water well? etc. this pump will move water just not a lot up a long distance. I pump from a 5000ga holding tank up 8 feet to a garden irrigation system and the pump holds at 4gpm.
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I would say this pump should do it , I use it to pump 20 feet from under ground , so if the hill ain't straight up it should move some water
562726
We are at 7000 feet and it works great. One of the best investments we have made.The installation manual gives the proper pressure settings for your elevation. Hope this is helpful.
497987
Based on my experience with this pump, even though the specs show a maximum depth of 220 feet, I would not use it for anything except a bilge pump in a boat. I would not recommend it for use in a well unless the well was really shallow. My customer installed it in a well where the water was 100 feet deep and the pump failed after 4 months. The chinese manufacturer of the Seaflo tried to duplicate the well-known Shurflo 9300 well pump but motor they designed was weak and ended up getting overheated.
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I use my pump to irrigate my lawn in Florida so there is not too much of a rise but I would imagine it would pump at least 30 feet uphill.
2039145
Shallow well pumps are limited to 33 ft or 1 atmosphere . This capacity depends on altitude higher altitude will reduce suction depth
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Yes. Just make sure the suction lines have no air leaks. It will actually pull up hill about 20 feet if the suction line is sealed. You also need to put a foot valve on the suction line so that when it shuts off the suction line keeps water in it.
2144959
This may be a little far for this small pump to handle. It does well up to 100'.
1879869
You will have to put on an adapter to fit it to a garden house although I am guessing that you could find the necessary parts for less than $10 in a hardware store. I would guess that it could pump 100 feet without too much trouble as long as you are not going uphill too much.
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I only have a 5 foot to the water well, and although the pump primed and had about a cup of water every 15 seconds, it would not pump without well water first going through a shallow well pump.
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My experience would say no. You will not reach 12' if you are going straight up. This may spray 12' or more along a more horizontal plane using elevation to obtain maximum distance. However if you point upwards around 80% my estimate would be more like 8' with a bleach type liquid. You might get 10' if you really pump it up and there is no wind present to deflect the stream.
1552006
could not say for sure. I am sure the 100 feet is not a problem. If it is in a pvc pipe or garden hose. the pump is good for 50psi which should be adaquate, Not sure about the volume being reduced though
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I am not sure but I know it is not 25ft, plus I did not have the option. I would say around 6-8ft long. But it works great it pumps drainage water from my back yard through over 100ft of pipe and still has good pressure out in the front when it discharges to the yard.