Get Water From Your Well WITHOUT Electricity!
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- Note I would highly suggest grinding/filing down the edges of all PVC connections to 45 degree angles during the build to minimize the edges of the PVC parts “catching” on anything inside the well and getting stuck.
Building a cheap apparatus to extract water from our well in case of an emergency.
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Question why would you not go with a 4" pvc pipe since most well casing are around 5"? more water and less trips down there? just curious as I plan to do this,
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I like the fact that you could fit it down the well without having to pull the submersible pump, pipe and electric cable out of the well. I was thinking of using 3" pipe, but wouldn't be able to fit it down the well without removing the pump, pipe and cable. I have a whole house generator that would last a while after a power outage, but you never know what could happen in the future. Great job and I'll definitely be making one. It's cheap insurance.
You figured out a way to get water for your family in an emergency. Good job and God Bless!
This is great info!! I'm always concerned about losing access to our water if we had a prolonged power outage. Nice video.
Similar contraptions used to be available at hardware stores. They were made of galvanized tin and had a foot valve that could be opened by pulling a link that came up through the center. If I remember correctly the one my Grandpa had held about 2 gallons. His well was probably about 12" diameter or more. This was late 60's early 70's
Seriously coolest idea I've seen in awhile very ingenious
hey, great job brother! good idea for an emergency. our well is 150' deep, and at age 71 it may be hard get plenty of water out. and thanks for sharing your faith! May our Lord bless you for that!
Good video. I was thinking that it might be easier to use a socxthd pvc bushing than drilling out the cap for the bottom. Just a thought.
If your water was close to the surface, like 25 feet, you could use a 30 foot pipe with a foot valve on the bottom and a 45° elbow on the top end. Just quickly raise and lower the pipe in the well casing and the foot valve will pump the water up. Catch it a large bucket tub.
Think that would create enough pressure from the bottom up to pump 25 feet of water? That's 2.295 gallons weighing 19.5lbs.
@@NavyPharmD Yes, because we used that method to prime our jet pump at our farm. It was maybe 12 feet, but 100 feet to the house as well. We could pump air-free water tall the way to the pump in about 30 seconds or so.
Thank you trying to plan ahead !!!
Thanks for sharing this!
Great video, thanks! I have an electric well, 68', and I will see if this will work.
Genius! Thank you for sharing and amen to the ending 🙏🏽
We have a big tank next to the house, and the well pump seems to be a pain in the.... can you do that with a tank?
Thanks for the educational info 💗
THANKS for this wonderful video 👍🙏
Could something like this be used in a very deep well ? We live in the mountains and our well is 550 feet down.
Mary Lou Blouse As long as you have a long enough rope. Knowing the water level is important so you can know how far to drop the PVC pipe. Your well may be drilled to 550 feet but your water level may be at 400 feet. It may take a good amount of testing. I prefer only to use my method in this video as a last resort. 👍🏼
Thank you!!
seems to me that a male PVC male adapter would be cheaper, just as effective and less work to affix the foot valve to the tube. This would be a good survival method but it obviates the need of pulling your existing submersible pump and the pipe which would be a big hurdle and not a quick fix in time of emergency conditions.
Hi I tried it just like you said. The foot valve with the spring seems to need more pressure than just being in water to open. Should the spring be removed? Tried it in the sink foot valve never open. Thanks
Hi Audrey, the water in the sink may not be enough to open the foot valve. I’d try testing it in something like a swimming pool. The valve doesn’t need to let in much water too, just enough to allow the device to sink and begin filling from the top of the PVC pipe.
Thank You
Sounds great! Thanks
very usefull and well done
Thank you ! You just saved me $15,000 . im on it 😉
Thank you!
You are contaminating your well. Be sure to disinfect your emergency device before and after use. Also ad some Clorox to the well when you do this. Good idea though!
How is the well being contaminated?
Cool vid. Ty. How much bigger of a pipe you think you could use without it getting stuck?
I personally wouldn’t do it any bigger. A few times it got stuck pulling it out and I had to lower it back down to retry. I also added an additional note to the video description as I ended up shaving down the edges of the PVC coupler as that’s part of why it was getting stuck. Needs to be tapered so the edges won’t catch on anything coming up. I’d also round off the edges of the pipe close to where I tied the rope through as well. 👍🏼
@@MapleBoarder78 Ty much.
Great video! Do you think it would work if there was some way to hook up a hose on the end of that set up you made and have it rigged to a gasoline water pump above ground to get continuous water flow?
I don’t see why not. Your only limitations would be the depth of the well in relation to the power of the pump.
@HP 345 I think You're missing the point. If you lose power for an extended period of time such as an emp or other shtf senario chances are you won't find any gas.
@@pmaint1 no worries, found another way to retrieve water without gas. The time I made this comment was a while back
@@Hugo.345 What did you do to solve this problem? Care to share? Thanks
The hex bushing is 1 3/4 correct?
Correct.
Great video. What size Foot Valve? 1 3/4”?
1” foot valve. I’ve updated the video description with links to the parts I used.
May God bless you and your family!
Great video brother, God Bless
About your mobile home installation video. Have there been any disadvantages to doing the foundation that way? I I love the idea and I am trying to figure out how well it works.
It will be 5 years this January since we built, no issues. 👍🏼
Thank you!
We’ve had 4 inches of rain in a week before would that ever be a problem? And are your taxes the same or are they more because of the foundation? Sorry I’m just really interested in doing it too?
And is it hard to get under if you have to work on something under there?
@@yesorno1768 I have no idea if the rain would be an issue. That will depend on the composition of the soil in your area, something I am not versed on. I am unaware of higher taxes due to being on a foundation. Our county does not give detailed breakdowns that include fees for a foundation type home vs a mobile home on jacks. That would vary from county to county anyway. I’d suggest calling your local county office to get an answer to that. Our house does have a decent amount of space underneath to work under. I’d say about 3.5 feet. That will depend on how tall your builder or you decide to pour the walls. You could pour them taller but it will need to be engineered correctly.
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What size is the foot valve if the bushing is 1-3/4" and the pipe is 1-1/2"?
I apologize I misspoke in the video. Where I said “1 and 3/4”, I should have said “1 to 3/4”. The bushing is 1” on the outside to screw into the 1” foot valve. The 3/4” threads on the inside of the bushing is irrelevant as it’s not required for the build. 👍🏼 I’ve updated the video description to include links to the parts to build the bucket.
@@MapleBoarder78 Thanks for clearing that up!
What size is that foot valve?
1” female
so it's basically a bucket with a foot valve?
Yes sir. 👍🏼 You are just creating a long skinny bucket. Not practical for every day use. But in case of a dire emergency it can keep you alive.
Amen brother
Love Your Outro!
I want to know on what principle, the water from the bottom end of the pipe where the valve is positioned, raised to the full length of the pipe?
Is it simple siphoning?
If this video is true, then can this system be used to pull water from a lake or any water body to a height of 5 to 10 feet?
Please, help me understand.
Thank you.
You are correct. The foot valve allows water to enter up into the pipe, but does not allow it to exit back down out of the pipe. It’s essentially a one way door/valve.
Why is the water murky in the well, but clear when it comes out of your faucet?
Great question. The well pump is 60ft lower than the surface water level. It becomes more clear the deeper you go.
Anyone have links to all the supplies (or most of them)?
I’ve updated the video description to include links to the parts I used. 👍🏼
@@MapleBoarder78 thank you!
Why couldn't you build a similar apparatus but with a hand pump on the end of it?
You could. But hand pumps that can pump well water from the depth I needed are very expensive. The o-rings in them are also prone to failing over time when not used often.
God bless
I guess id store gallon jugs of water somewhere if i had a well
Jesus Rules! 😁
Is a long skinny bucket.
Brilliant, yes He does!!!
Keep the rope off the ground to prevent contaminating the well
That is a good idea! 💡
How would the well be contaminated?
looks hard to do
The hex bushing that is linked to Amazon is wrong and won't work.
I just checked it, worked fine for me.
@@MapleBoarder78 Could be the secondary market at Amazon. The photo did not match the items I received, plus the threads did not match with the foot valve. A trip to the hardware store did the trick. Thx for the video..good info!
This is going to save me so much money i dont have to buy a solar generator lol
Emergency water is restored
why not put some sort of solar pump on that
Instead of a foot valve, use a golf ball. Should be
Thats some dirty ass water bro!
I am not sure I understand the point of the foot valve. A foot valve isn't designed to open on its own; it requires pressure from a pump to open it and allow the water to flow in. It seems to me you simply lowered your "skinny PVC bucket" low enough that the water entered from the top. In which case, the point of the foot valve would be for weight to get the skinny bucket down into the water. Is that right?
Hi Jason, the foot valve I bought does let water in as it’s lowered into the water, I tested this in a large bucket. If it was completely closed the pvc bucket I created would not have enough weight to overcome the buoyancy and would never fill with water. 👍🏼
@@MapleBoarder78 Interesting. Will you please provide the model of foot valve you used? From my research, they usually have a spring inside them to help them snap shut once the draw from the pump ceases, in order to prevent the water column from draining out. Thanks!
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@@MapleBoarder78 did you get the 1 inch foot valve?
WOW, water from a well with a tube in the stead of a bucket. Impressive. 😉
Most of these wells are a small enough diameter to make a bucket infeasible. You'd need a bucket with about a 1.5 - 3 inch diameter and long enough to still hold about 1/3 gallons of water per pull. It would probably be shaped a little like a 1.5" PVC pipe cut to 5' long with a foot valve on one end.
With the grid increasing in solar flares this is an inevitable thing that people are going to have to worry about if they have a well. We need to stop being so reliant on government and start being reliant on ourselves
Jesus rules!
"as always Jesus rules'
AMEN BROTHER
I want my money back. I feel dumber now that I understand that people don’t know that water is in a well.
jesus rules bro! great video.
under skin control has begun
Jesus rules!!!
We are not born into sin.
I’m not sure what you mean by that, would you mind clarifying?
Seriously? Looks to me like he has kids...
regardless it’s not any of your business. He didn’t make it your business. This video is about getting water from a well. Try to stay focused
The Rock House Why does it matter if he has kids?
@@Sperminski what was the purpose of your original comment?
@@therockhouse762 Have you even watched the video?