happy builder

 Coolthaihouse Photo Gallery

Construction Photos
Home > User galleries > pklongball > Phala - "Drilling a Well"

Most viewed - Phala - "Drilling a Well"
P1302836.JPG
Jan.30,2010147 viewsAlmost finished but this is the view of the piping both water and electric.pklongball
P1302831.JPG
Jan.30,2010105 viewsI'm holding the pressure switch that will operate the pump control. I saw no brand name or where it was made and the install booklet disappeared before I could find it. But I know it will start the pump at about 20 psi and stop it at about 55 psi.pklongball
P1302829.JPG
Jan.30,2010103 viewsThe bore is capped with a steel pipe fitting and then more pvc to the controlpklongball
P1302827.JPG
Jan.30,2010102 viewsPump goes first.pklongball
P1302826.JPG
Jan.30,2010102 viewsDay 3 they crew came back with the Franklin 1 hp pump and control, the automatic pressure switch and several lengths of blue PVC. They wired up the pump and attached the blue pvc in 4 meter lengths and dropped the pump down the hole. pklongball
P1292819.JPG
Jan.29,2010101 viewsAnd morepklongball
P1302834.JPG
Jan.30,2010101 viewsHere the creww is connecting the pvc piping. No yellow for the electric part just blue for all of it. I was not thrilled with the electric piece of the work and I will make "my" changes soon now that we have the system operatingpklongball
P1302830.JPG
Jan.30,201099 viewsOnce it's all connected the boys made a quick test to be sure the pump would operate and ran it to see how much flow we had. They ran the pump a good 30 minutes with no shortage of water.pklongball
P1302832.JPG
Jan.30,201098 viewsAnother view of the pressure control showing the built on pressure gauge. Nice to have.pklongball
P1292818.JPG
Jan.29,201095 viewsJust more of the final drilling processpklongball
P1302828.JPG
Jan.30,201095 viewsThen about 25 or 30 meters of pvcpklongball
P1292825.JPG
Jan.29,201093 viewsAnd morepklongball
26 files on 3 page(s) 1

Debug Info 
Debug Output: show / hide