Good morning!!!!

[ponytug]

46F, moist, and overcast @ 14:45, only calling for a high of 48F for the day ... will not be doing any outside work today ...

Low this morning was 43.5F, nearby LWS reports yesterday's rainfall was 0.19".

Did not get Menards order completed.

Instead I mostly worked on researching/pricing components for a bulk water storage system.

Was pleasantly surprised to find that it appears to a very cost effective solution, as David suggested. At least compared to having a new well drilled.

Main components that would be needed that I don't already have are:

1. Storage tank (or tanks)

2. Float switch to turn off the submersible pump in the well when the storage tank or tanks are full.

3. Booster pump to provide pressure for the house.

4. Sanitation (UV light and/or other solutions)

Total cost could be as low as $1800 to $2000 not including sales tax. That assumes my labor (free) to cobble it together.

The maximum width of the door going into the utility room is 36" ... if the door and trim is removed.

It looks like that would limit the tank size to 300 gallon or less.

Chem-Tainer offers a 300 gallon vertical tank that has a 34.5" diameter and is 84 3/4" tall and has a 3 year warranty.

Complies with FDA standards 21 CFR 177.1520 (1) 3.1 and 3.2 and uses a UV Stablized Resin to prolong tank life. Excellent impact resistance. Features a 16" Vented Manway, 1-1/2" inlet, and 2" outlet. Weighs 87 lbs.

National Tank Outlet has it available for $540 from their various warehouses in the US:

300 Gallon Chem-Tainer Black Plastic Vertical Water Storage Tank

Closest to me is in PA, over by Harrisburg. Freight would be $275 to $335 depending on whether it's going to a residential or commercial location. Could save the freight if I go and pick it up.

Initial quick check on a Square D float switch looks like in the ballpark of $140.

1/2 HP Little Giant shallow well pump from Menards is $240 (before rebate)

UV sterilizer is $250 to $500 depending on model from Menards (before rebate)

Total outlay looks to be $1170 (on the low side) to $1960 (on the high side), depending on whether 1 or 2 tanks and the particular UV sterilizer selected. That assumes I make the trip to pick up the tank (or tanks) at the warehouse in PA.

Should pretty much have all the pipe (1" PVC + 3/4" copper), fittings and valves already in inventory that would be needed to plumb it.

Open to any thoughts and other input ... want to make sure I don't miss anything.

Not sure what all will be on the agenda for the rest of the day but I'm sure something will turn up ...

Hope everyone is having a decent day ...

Any chance that you could put your tank outside? Your well will be adding 54F water, and you keep drawing water from it, so with a little insulation it might be ok. I don't know how close you are to Lake Erie and the storms.

FWIW: This is the style float switch I have been using. Going on 11 years or so.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0064BHEVM

The last one I bought was made in Argentina of all places.

All the best,

Peter

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 5.2C and it's presently 18.6C, clear & calm. There was 16.4mm in the gauge @0900.

Yesterday's 'into town' excursion went well... there was a surprising two cases of wine at the PO. Turned out that the Wine Faeries are servicing someone else in town but the PO assumed that it was all for me. Once I'd opened it, I realised it wasn't anything that I'd drink and took it back to the PO.

Went to bed with a 'scratchy throat'. It's not incapacitating (so far), which is a very good thing as today I've got a dental check-up and then, later on, a medical assessment/plan appointment.

I'm very disappointed with the BOM who have revamped their website = I can't find anything!!!

That's about it, take care all.

My thoughts go out to the people in Alaska effected by the typhoon.

??? Nothing heard down here.

 

[Looking4new]

RS,, if you go with two 300 gallon tanks, don't forget to plumb them both together at the bottom with at least 1.5" pipe and vent them both at the top. I wouldn't keep them outside unless they were in a well insulated building and the tanks themselves were well insulated. Every time I have been to Ohio in the winter time I froze my tail off.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 47ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind,mostly clear sky, and high temp was 79ºF. made coffee to start day, Men's meeting, office work, bike ride, town trip for lunch, meds, and groceries. Not enough time for splitting and nap so opted for nap . Dinner with group. Rain in the forecast, will mess with Friday some, so lots to do tomorrow.
resuming Saturday 5:55 AM CDT post 212,835:
Thomas sorry the bears are raiding the shed for stuff. Hope backpack session went well. Hope you found a good college game to watch.
Scott(vt) glad radio work went well last Friday. Bet slows you down a lot trying to send Morse code with cold fingers. Glad lawn work done at VT house. Hope you get to work on rocker spindles.
Happy(NC) sorry head not up for thinking. Hope you are making progress on harness.
Drew there are times my motivation hides out as well. Hope you found enough motivation to take care of the agenda for the day.
Paul sorry about the long day. Nice looking panel, which model? Hope music went well.
Buppies Hope mowing went well job bidding successful. prayers sent.
ArlyA sounds like fun at camp.
Peter(tug) glad chipper easier repair than first thought. Glad rhubarb deciding to get with the program. Hope gutter clean out went well.
Ken glad leaf control making progress. Good to ear progress on Halloween setup. Nice pics.
Drew good to hear garden work, RV oil change, and Waxoil sprayed under RV all happened. Nice produce pic.
RS glad seep may not be a issue. Hope you get gas to furnace in garage before winter. Glad posts not far out. Glad hwh worked for shower. Hope the wife helped you with the posts.
David glad new tractor and flail are working well for you. Hope dinner was good.
Ted good to hear from you. Glad Dona still holding her own. Hope Drs can do better with her back pain, prayers sent. Sorry weather had to wait till you were building garage to sent rain . I had a great weekend.
Drew hope brother enjoys the peppers, sorry traffic didn't cooperate. Hope you get answer from nephew on 6-7.
Ted glad you found tarps. Sorry knee not happy now. Thanks for pics hope wind doesn't get the framing. Nice truck! Love the memes.
Randy(wag) sorry about wind but nice you are getting some rain. Hope church was good.
Thomas glad good day with backpack blower. Hope you made it to (.
Scott(vt) glad well hasn't gone dry yet. Nice sunset.
Don sorry you are still 95ºF and dry. Glad farm is doing well.
Buppies sorry to hear about the diarrhea and sounds like fever. Hope you feel better quickly, prayers sent.
Dennis glad good supper and time at neighbors. Good to hear productive Saturday.Sorry didn't get all the face of the trespasser.
RS good to hear progress on posts, and bucket got retrieved. Glad you got your wife to tag-team with you.
Sunday 10/19 3:26 AM CDT:
Drew Hope you got RV unloaded.
Ron sorry flu shot got to you. Nice pic of Blackie
Bill hope energy conservation went well.
Billy glad hike and swim day with a measure of goofing off
Scott(vt) glad you got good hike in and were able to visit with neighbor. Sorry it's time to pull pontoon boat from water. Hope shop time went well. Sorry about mess on Z-turn mower.
Phil thanks for posting pics of vacation. Sorry about price of hose on yard vac. Glad not sore Sunday Morning.
Ron nice Vette!Brother had one, lost it when they started having kids.
Kyle glad you took son and 3 from tennis team to see the collegiate players. Hope fundraiser was successful.
more catch up later
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Eye recovery, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, Middle East War, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee has been poured. 41° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 50° with mostly cloudy skies. Made a bracket to mount a new seat on JD mower. Had enough time to put a coat of paint on it. Grocery shopping this morning then clean up shop from the mess I made over the last few day.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 42 and going to a high of 43°F. Wind NNW 11 mph. Cloudy with 30% chance of showers.

I think today will be an energy conservation day.

Ron, real bushy tail on that squirrel.

Have a safe day all

 

[sodamo]

Thanks Peter

 

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Morning RS,
Interesting read on your well issues. I went through all of this back in early to mid 90’s. I originally had our well pounded back in 1982 when we built our house. Around 94 or so my wife Kathleen is complaining that by mid morning we are running out of water. With 2 pre teens and showers and wash I had to do something. The original well was pounded through bedrock to a depth of 125 ft. I called in Connecticut Well and they brought in a rotary drill. We went down to 450 ft and still not getting much in the way of results.We were only getting about 1 1/2 gals per minute. They brought in their fracking equipment and we managed to increase that to 3 GPM. But our static level was at about 40 ft. We hung the new pump at 400 ft so 50 ft from the bottom. That gave us over 350 ft of reserve water so 350 x 1.5 gals per ft or over 525 gals of water before we run dry. We have never run dry since redrilling the well. Yes you are correct on rock in New England, everything is rock out here .
The just of my story is that the fracking did clean the veins in the well to a point where a noticeable increase in in flow occurred.

So best of luck my friend

 

[scott_vt]

Good Tractor Morning,
Ct, 44 to start going to 56. Looks to be a nice fall day, and it also looks like work today.

Yesterday I got a new DX Engineering OCF dipole that will cover 40m , 20m , 10m and 6 m. The balun can handle 3000 watts , unlike my current OVF dipole that can only handle 300 watts. Looks like I might need a linear amplifier on the station add on list
I spent a good deal of time out in my side yard yesterday afternoon getting the antenna up in one of my taller shagbark hickory trees. But I have one leg on the dipole that is not correctly hung. I ran out of daylight and will need to do more work later today or Friday. I do have the center up at about 70 ft so that was one accomplishment
I’m looking at the Elecraft KPA500 amplifier. With the proper setup you can reliably get 600 watts output from this unit. Presently I’m only at 100 watts so a fairly hefty increase.

Drew sorry to hear about all the issues with your camper. The dealer obviously wants that money in his pocket and not yours.

Kyle, difficult reading about all the issues you have to deal with your daughter. God Bless you and your family for everything you deal with

Hope all have a safe and blessed day

 

[daugen]

good morning all
slow start this morning, enjoying my coffee and a cranberry muffin

cooler weather has set in and our first frost warning posted for tonight.
Might cut some of my roses this afternoon for an arrangement

I have a jet pump here for water and it is terrible. Poor water pressure, design stirs up sediment.
At least it's never run out of water. Sure wish they had installed a submersible originally. This pump motor in basement is
so loud when it runs, and it runs every time the toilet is flushed.

friend coming over this afternoon to help me make bed in rv with clean sheets. Takes contortions to do,
would likely throw my back out so she said no problem.
I have had constant problems with the sheets popping off the mattress.
have considered just getting a sleeping bag for ease but...

went and looked at a Rockwood travel trailer yesterday, it was ok, but dealership is a problem.
Terrible reviews online, mostly from folks with poorly constructed rv's complaining the dealer did not catch
the problems before delivery. Am guessing a lot of covid era issues. And yet the dealer wants 1200 dollars to do
prep on the unit. And another 1500 for delivery, so 2700 in tacked on fees.
Longer I spent there, longer I realized I'd be keeping my motorhome because they won't offer me a decent deal.
The sales lady confirmed valuations on motorhomes had "tanked".

read that rv sales folks get paid 20 percent or so of profit on deal, so they are motivated to jack up the profit
as much as possible.

started sniffling yesterday and haven't stopped.
hope you all have a great day