What sort of pump?

All day running sprinklers sometimes.

Mike

For some unknown reason I couldn't download the early replies to my pump question. If you offered a useful answer early on please repeat it.

Mike

We have a borehole in our garden that happily belches water 365 days of the year (or at least it has for the 18 months we've lived here) fast enough to fill a bucket and feed a tap in the workshop which is at the lowest point of the garden but not enough to feed the power washer or sprinkler at the highest part of the garden which is where the house is.

I modified an old shower pump which connected to the tap proved the the output can be boosted enough to operate a sprinkler at the highest point of the garden. However it has now died as it doesn't seem to like constant use for several hours at a time.

What type of pump should I search for as a permanent solution. Ive looked at well pumps but can only find the submersible type which is not applicable.

Mike

get a big one then, but seriously why do you say you can't drop a pump down the borehole?

Maybe your simplest answer is to replace the pump with a modern one with a bit more oomph. I found a forgotten well in the garden that, I believe, hadn't been used since the 60s; I just hauled on the (highly corroded but extremely heavy) pipe until the 1930s pump arrived at the top and then replaced it with a modern pump and MDPE pipe, as I said earlier. It took two of us to haul it up (the Well turned-out to be about 45 feet deep) but as each few metres came up I clamped the pipe and sawed-off as much as I could to lighten the pull for the next 2 metres. It would have been simpler with a scaffolding pole tripod and a block, but this was underneath trees.

Because I only have access to a 1 inch pipe coming up from it.

Mike

Why not just go to google groups and look there?

Tim

That?s bullshit. All those used for private wells are.

Yes they do when they have the correct control system which only has the pump on when there is demand for water.

That?s how private wells do it.

Nope, they just have a pressure vessel to handle the on off of the pump.

and the supply is slow and steady. The pump needs to turn off

There are plenty of bore pump systems that just work.

But bore pumps and well pumps are.

Bore pumps and well pumps are.

Is that what they mean when they say its a Cellars Market? I'll get me coat. Brian

I'd be a little worried about the message content not downloading. I used to get this, but often you can force a redownload. Google is such language allowed here? Brian

Yes, probably so, but if you go to your local DIY store and buy a 'submersible pump' it's not going to be a bore or well pump. The standard 'submersible pump' sold by DIY stores, Machine Mart etc. is a pump designed to pump dirty water from a cellar or hole in the ground and isn't intended for long term submersion.

That is exactly what I want to do, hence asking advise on which pump.

Mike

Absolutely certainly so.

That?s wrong too in areas where there are wells and rural operations.

That?s wrong too.

That?s wrong too.

As I said earlier: I've been very happy with a Stuart-Turner Diver35, and a flow switch to automagically switch the pump on/off.

I'd go for a central heating pump. They're pretty cheap, and you could try a used one from eBay.

Not if there's any chance of the input running dry, or if the OP needs significant pressure

That looks like a submersible which is no use to me. They do have some other types that would serve. Expensive though!

Mike