My well is 220(!) ft. deep. Will a solar pump work, or am I stuck making sure I have 250 ft of good rope and a well bucket?
“am I stuck making sure I have 250 ft of good rope and a well bucket?”
You can get a old fashioned hand pump at a plumbing supply store for about $40. Unhook the incoming pipe in your basement and hook up the hand pump. Just keep a gallon of water handy to “prime” the pump.
I did research about solar well pumps and I can’t remember the details. I will ask DH. There is a hand/solar pump called, I think, Simple Pump, but it was very expensive. Our solar pump was around $6-700 and we had a solar panel already. It’s not set up. It can be installed along with the regular well pump side by side, which is a good idea. I’ll talk to DH about it and find the name of the pump.
I just asked DH and said ours only goes down to 100 ft, there’s water at 90 ft. He will get brand name for me later, also depends on diameter of pipe being used. The pump he got is 3/4 HP so more HP can go deeper.
http://www.solarpondpumps.org/reviews/shurflo-solar-pumps/
Perhaps more important is the depth to the water level. I have a 200' well, but the water level is 60'; I set the pump at 100' depth for now. I have used the Shurflo pump {24 VDC} for a few years - as an emergency backup for city water.
The delivery stats at each level at operating DC voltage is listed on the linked page.