Battery Powered Well Pump?

[NonTypicalCPA]

Gas powered pump. Attach to top similiar to your hand pump. Leave the electricity out of the equasion.

I tried that last summer with a trash pump. I rigged up a connection that hooked it up to the well. It didn't work that well.

Is that what you are thinking of?

 

[quicksandfarmer]

If you're pumping with a hand pump it's a shallow well. Harbor Freight sells a shallow well pump for about $90. I've used one on my pasture and have no complaints. The web site says it draws 4 amps startup current, or about 500 watts. Harbor Freight sells an inverter with 400 watts continuous/800 watts peak capacity for about $40.

I don't think you can do better than that, plus you have the use of the inverter when it's not powering the well.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

If you're pumping with a hand pump it's a shallow well. Harbor Freight sells a shallow well pump for about $90. I've used one on my pasture and have no complaints. The web site says it draws 4 amps startup current, or about 500 watts. Harbor Freight sells an inverter with 400 watts continuous/800 watts peak capacity for about $40.

I don't think you can do better than that, plus you have the use of the inverter when it's not powering the well.

If it's a shallow well, that opens up a whole new list of possibilities. I thought it was one of those pitcher pumps with the shaft that goes down into the well.

You could use just about any pump. An RV pump would work if you put a foot valve at the bottom of the tube.

Do you know how to sound your well to tell how far down the water level is?

 

[NonTypicalCPA]

If it's a shallow well, that opens up a whole new list of possibilities. I thought it was one of those pitcher pumps with the shaft that goes down into the well.

You could use just about any pump. An RV pump would work if you put a foot valve at the bottom of the tube.

Do you know how to sound your well to tell how far down the water level is?

The well is flowing, meaning that water is constantly running out the top of my open 1 1/4" pipe, so I don't need a lot of lifting power.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

The well is flowing, meaning that water is constantly running out the top of my open 1 1/4" pipe, so I don't need a lot of lifting power.

The world is your oyster, then. What GPM do you figure you need? Shurflo makes any number of pumps that will suit your needs.

 

[NonTypicalCPA]

It would be nice to fill my 25 gallon sprayer within 5 minutes or so, so around 5 gpm.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

It would be nice to fill my 25 gallon sprayer within 5 minutes or so, so around 5 gpm.

Here's one
Here's another I don't think this one will build much pressure, but that shouldn't matter for filling tanks, etc.
This one is 10 gpm.

Just about any RV pump will do. Find one that will do 5 GPM, and you're golden.

 

[NonTypicalCPA]

Here's one
Here's another I don't think this one will build much pressure, but that shouldn't matter for filling tanks, etc.
This one is 10 gpm.

Just about any RV pump will do. Find one that will do 5 GPM, and you're golden.

Thanks for all your help!

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Thanks for all your help!

You're surely welcome. I wish I had an artesian well like that. I've had all kinds of daydreams about off-grid utilities. The concept is fascinating to me. Windpower is one of my favorites to daydream about. Maybe that's because the wind always blows here.