I just discovered your channel. I will binge watch for the next few days to catch up. I am so thrilled that I found another channel where I’m not hearing bad jokes, people trying to be funny, being or trying to be sexy or any other such nonsense in order to get viewers. Geeze! They try my last nerve. I look for real and upfront which y’all are.
You should have added a 1" stainless steel tee (with a barb adapter) at the end of the poly (on the outside of your well seal) , and have the weight of the pump (and the pipe full of water) hang from that. The way you have it, all the weight is hanging from your rope (which is also not anchored correctly). If your rope fails or your knot slides past the nut, the whole thing is going to end up at the bottom of your well. The safety rope is there in case your barb connection at the pump fails, and should not be under tension during normal operation. Only used as your last recourse to recover the pump only. As mentioned by other people, the rope should be tied to the loop of your eye hook, which should then thread through the well seal, and secured on the top side of the seal with a nut and washer, and you missed the torque arrestor... Also you should not use standard heat shrink, you should use a submersible splice kit, that includes water proof jackets, which are also heat shrunk but have a silicon adhesive the seals the connection (and when heat shrinking should be started from the center out to avoid bubbles, and ensure that the silicon adhesive oozes out and ensures a completely water proof seal. It is also a lot safer to assemble your well seal before starting to lowering your pump (At least tie the safety rope to an eye hook secured to the seal and never untie it unless you have a backup)... I broke a sweat when you united your safety rope @ 8:50, there was zero redundancy... if that rope slipped of your hands your pump would be at the bottom of your well!!!) - Not trying to burn you, just making sure that people that use your video as reference know that they need to consider some additional details.
This 2 years late, but a "pitless adapter" lets you get your water from the well below frost level and suspends the pump from whatever type of pipe you use. The rest of your comment is spot-on for anyone putting in a submersible. I like to use a stainless steel cable and clamps in lieu of a "plastic rope, which will deteriorate over time.
Witajcie. Ponieważ mogę słuchać co mówicie w języku polskim jestem za to bardzo wdzieczny. To co Robicie jest niesamowite. Podziwiam Was za determinację i wolę osiągniecia tego co chcecie ale przede wszystkim Zdobyliscie mnie za Waszą miłość do swoich zwierzat do roslin do przyrody. Niech Was Bóg prowadzi dalej po ścieżkach dobroci. Dużo zdrowia dla Was. Korzystam w miarę mozliwosci z Waszych przepisów kulinarnych. Jeszcze raz Szczęść Boże.
I like it that you do all of these things yourselves and then show us. It must get old though hearing how others would've done it better, lol. I also really like it when either of you cook.
Vicki Takacs, thank you :) We both enjoy cooking very much. It's hard to forsee the things we would do differently but we try to live by trying new things and learning from our experiences.
Today I binged watched dozens of your Alaska videos. I really like your project and your energy. Your content is better than some bigger channels, you really deserve a larger audience! I subscribed and I can’t wait for your next video! Keep up the great work! High five from The Netherlands!
This video helped so much with figuring out how to install a pump ourselves. We have never done this before either and I now feel confident because of your videos as well as the comments. Huge thanks to Eric and Ariel and everyone that has given advice/tips in the comments. 🙏🏻
I believe you two can do anything!!! Wow! Bo is surely your protector. Bandit looked like a black deer hopping through the woods. He told me he still wants a dog house at the lake so he can go camping like the teenager he is! Going through in order. Some are second time seen. Better the 3rd time! Prayers & love. God has blessed you Eric & Arielle. Thank you for sharing your beautiful love & life , in turn, blessing us. Watched 2021harvest tonight...woke up at 0100 & began again. It's 0500 now🤭 John 3:16
Eric is so smart and so are you Arielle, y'all don't really need anyone bc y'all can pretty much do all the work yourselves and that's awesome I wish I had it that way!!!👍👍😀😀🧡🧡
Great video and it’s given me the confidence to do my own, thanks man, you saved me some $$$$$$. That said, idk how you’ve made it that far in life without knowing some knots! You were killing me lol.
Pro tip for wiring when you need to do multiple connections like you have there. Stagger the height of the crimps. This means that they don't bulk out as much and it just looks neater. There's also some heat shrink with glue in it, that's what I use for Motorsport wiring and it'd definitely work well in this situation... But that's for next time. Keep the video's coming, I love 'em. Cheers from the UK.
Well I sorted out through the comments and they gave all good advice. It is your well and you do it the way that you can afford. I do suggest that it run for as long as possible for your generator can handle but all I seen was a short spurt of dirt which is normal for new wells. So you live in Alaska too, all good. I would exchange ends on the tie off if you pull it and if you can afford a torque arrestor for the pump so it won't break your pipe in cold weather. It is a bit harder to pull up later with it but really good insurance. I attached a smaller piece of pipe to the outside and a hand winch to pull mine.I just run it over the top a few feet to make it easy to wind up but you have a winch on the side by side so you can make a tripod over it with a block and tackle... in my other video I watched, you have some experience with winching so enjoy the freedom from the water tax man. You only need run the well for a short while as that water has settled a lot. Just don't pump directly from the bottom as that is where the silt settles and can ruin pumps.. takes a while tho so don't lose sleep. If you drink out of the creeks here then your already fine
I would not use electrical tape on the underwater connections , rather i would use "liquid electric tape" or a similar product that will provide an air/water tight seal in addition to your heat shrink (which you should heat from the middle out to push air out). Also heavy duty zip ties instead of electric tape to secure the wire to the line as you fed the works down hole. Electric tape will age and come unglued eventually and you don't want that floating around in your well potentially blocking/clogging the pump.
@@SimpleLivingAlaska all in all I think you did a pretty good job...but Raze has some good suggestions. when I did our 300 foot well (we have a few on our farm in Texas) it was an old well (1920) that had 3 inch pipe so we had to get the pump from LA where they use three inch, Texas is 4 inch normally. at the electric store we found some "well splice" which when you compress them (with the tool) pushes out a chemical reaction that essentially water tights the entire system...over that I put some heat shrink and Raze's liquid electric tape...and a lot of zip ties...4 years now, not a bit of problems...but again I think you did a nice job ...good living
A lot of good comments. You might consider taking a few notes for the hopefully never next time. Thanks, I really learned a lot from this vid along with the comments..
Great job on the video. I am pretty handy but never done one of these before so this really helps. I have also read some of the comments below and will incorporate some of the other recommendations. Overall this video will help a lot DIY'er's. Keep up the great videos and thank you!
I'd enjoy a tour of your place up there if I'm ever in the neighborhood. For two young folk you've got it figured out. My hats off to you. Bravo!!!!! 👍👏🥃👏👍
Nice job. I did the whole job from start to finish. I only had to go 8’ for water, but went to 27’. It’s only for watering but it crystal clear and has a lower ppm than my city water. It’s to shallow to drink but it does taste good. It saved me 150-200 a month from my water bill. I only spent about 400. I bought a cheap pump because I didn’t think it would actually work. 1 year and 2 months later it’s still saving me money.
We have a submersible pump. We have been here 30 years and never had any trouble till this year. My husband went to pull the pump to check it and the rope broke due to age. lol Thank goodness the wires kept it from dropping to the bottom of the well. I think he had to replace a part on it but we are up and running again.
Very informative. I have to do some service on my pump here in Bear River Nova Scotia, and this demystifies the whole thing about down-hole 110V pumps for me! Also The better class of heavy duty heat shrink contains an inner layer of Glue/water-seal that is heat activated. This will render your seal perfect. I think you might have had this, as i could see a white ring popping out around the heat shrink. Start at the center too.
When you shrunk the ends first, there was air in the middle, like a bladder of air. You then shrunk the middle and air had to escape through the ends, breaking the seal. That is not how one should do heat shrink in submersible applications. Also I would have coated exposed conductors in silicone or similar before heat shrinking, to give you a double barrier.
You have done a great job. Well done. Next time check out WellHose DIY Drop Pipe. It is easier to handle, great for freezing temperatures and no support rope required. Cheers
and not use a torch or lighter. Always use a heat gun with a consistent flow of heat that isn't concentrated on one spot like a torch or flame is regardless of moving it back and forth.
@@Eggugat You do it if you are careful and take your time but still should use a heat gun. More consistent lower temp heat is better. But there is always other ways
I prefer nylon line. Poly is strong, more susceptible to UV, but there's no sun down there! Nylon ties much better than elec. tape, for sure. I put a little silicone on the wire and heat shrink over it. Good job.
I know that this an older video but well done . If it was me I would have installed a torque protector like other people were suggesting . Stop the pump from banging the walls of the well . I also would have installed a pitless adapter about 10 feet down . This way in the future if you wanted water to the house or a barn you could do so with out worrying about the pipe freezing . To do that now you would have to break up the concrete around the well head . Any how looking good .
I like the vid. Myself I wouldn't want to rely on that Granny Knot for the life of that pump. Beyond that rope and wire, that Pipe is suspending that pump pretty well too. Thanks
When installing your hose you should add rubber shock boots every so often. When the pump kicks on it stops the movement of your water line so the wires don’t get rubbed on two. Just my two cents. Keep up the good work both of you.
When you put your new pump in, never run the pump dry. We put our first pump in with Poly tube like you, and the pump swung back and forth and wore the wire until it grounded. We had a well installer do the next one and he used steel pipe.
I just found your channel. Good show. Wish you would show more of inside I saw when you first moved like to see how it will look. Also was wondering how due you shower. Winter you don't want go out to the out house.
Sk Mertiz we have a few videos on our showering set up and do spend a considerable amount of time outside in the winter. We would like to show a little more inside but we are outside so often 😀
I read somewhere that these pumps will last about 7 years. That has been my experience as I am now on my third pump. The pump I have now is a Grundsfdos pump which I power by solar/generator. The good thing about this pump is that it will take a wide range of electrical power. I have my solar panels in series to give 220 Volts (with not very much amps). In that they are in a fixed position, the wattage varies greatly throughout the day and throughout all weather conditions, but the pump happily pumps whatever it can with whatever power it gets. I simply wire the power directly down into the well without any control box - the pump just handles whatever I give it. My well is at 375 feet and I pump up to a holding tank that is about 200 more feet in elevation. The pump is now about 3 years working … time will tell how long it will last. I have seen a video that described rebuilding a Grundsfdos pump, so that is something I may be doing sometime in the future. During my adventures replacing my earlier pumps, I have lost the pump down the well on two different occasions. I have developed a way to retrieve them, so if you ever find yourself in that position, I know of two good ways to recover.
Dennis Bosworth thank you for sharing your experience, we were not sure how long to expect it to last ☺ hopefully we never have to retrieve it from the bottom.
@@tolmie1141 Kem, I'm sure those two are far from being morons. What they accomplished in that environment staggers my imagination. They are what I call a well yoked couple (they work very well together). I think a well pump's lifespan has a lot to do with the type of water it pumps. In my case, my water carries a lot of minerals and is slightly acidic. Over time, that takes its toll - which reminds me that I am overdue to cycling chlorine through my system - it gets rid of that iron buildup that accumulates over the years. I don't know what kind of water they have in their area, but there is one thing I hope they haven't done: I hope the pump is not all the way down on the bottom of the well. It should be hanging about 5 to 10 feet off the bottom.
@@dennisbosworth3665 well we don't have to call them morons but I'm just here to tell you what they did there is not going to last very long. I've installed a few well pumps in my life my mom was a general contractor and I did all the well pumps and you want to know what not a single new homeowner ever came back with a well problem. I'm telling you they didn't use the right stuff and they didn't do it right. you don't take some electrical tape and some wire and shove it in a well it doesn't work that way. If you want it to last for 20 years. They make special plastic Shields that are supposed to go on the poly pipe. they keep the poly pipe away from the casing and they keep the wires away from the casing. I can't tell you how many friends I've had to help work on their well because they don't know what they're doing. And these people don't have a clue. they put out a video and hopefully nobody follows it. people ask questions like what do you put over the top of the well so it doesn't freeze. well if you have experience like me you don't have that problem. Number one you drill a hole in the well casing you put a special adapter in there that slides together so the pipe is below the Earth where the temperature is 55° all over the world and it doesn't freeze. Using a rope for support is fine but that's not code that's not right either. You're supposed to use a stainless steel cable that also attaches to the top of the well casing you have to drill to put that in as well. My point was the entire video was incorrect but anything that gets people to look at it so they can earn money right. I tell you what when my pump dies which will probably be a long time because I did it right I'll do a video and show people how to do it correctly.
That well is a good idea. 185 foot well ( ? ) cost plenty but it makes all the difference. Does the casing run to the bottom? Good job on the install. I collect/store rain water for the garden. Stay strong and free.
Thank you very much man for this video,,,,i have just drilled borehole in my yard,just looking for water pump as they are little bit expensive,,,,,,,for 60 meters borehole what size pump should i use,,,,,,,,,,,South Africa
MAC Stone it was all good, there is small amount of arsenic which is common throughout this area but it is potable. A spring would be so much better but we are thankful for what we have ☺
in addition to celebrating that you did it on your own, you should have only used brass or bronze fittings at the well. It is long lasting, and keeps from having to replace galvanized fittings. Pex is best inside the house, but not at the well. Go from brass [at well] to pex or PVC to the house, and you get the best of both world, with no corrosion like galvanized will have.
Our water table is high here in Michigan. What you've seen are shallow wells, mine is only 22 feet deep. I think the cut off is around 30 feet then you have to use a submersible pump like they did.
I would have thought that the eye of the eyebolt should have been inside the cap. With the rope tied to that. Over time, I could see that rope sliding off the 'bolt' part, since it is a vertical slide. No matter how well you tied and taped it on there. All in all, I think there is a good chance you are going to lose your pump within a few years.
Alaska?, Now I am in Colorado building our Modern Cabin and it gets Cold (-30F) how are you going to keep your well head from freezing when you don't have under ground pitless adapter or a drain beneath your spigot? Best info for my use is that it took 5 seconds on a totally dry line to pump water up 100'. Priceless info.
Thanks, doing mine in 2 weeks. You situation is similar to ours. I'm in the Rockies. My question is about it freezing? I noticed your in Alaska. The weather here is similar. I'm off grid also. I bought a 120v. Also. Guold 10gal per minute. Thanks for making video I will need to use a pittless adapter at 8ft below to cabin. To avoid freezing.
Did you eventually hook this well pumo to solar? If so, how much wattage, battery storage etc have you needed for a typical day and week? (Attempting to apply this in FL!)
I don’t kno wiring but I seen the ground “green” wire and then u had a red and a black but the pump had the ground and two black does it matter with the two blacks and one red and one black witch one u wire to the other?
unless you got some new type of heatshrink that im not aware of---heat shrink is NOT water proof--you should take the electrical connections back apart and add some silicon inside the new heat shrink before you heat them up and shrink them ---you should have some seepage from each end of the tube to know your wires are sealed---good luck!
Oh I wished I could go back to the past. Retired electrical contractor. Forget electrical tape. It will be unwound in 4 months. I'd say tie-wraps ("zip ties"), or WP line/rope with half hitches all the way up. Protect that 'non-weatherproof insulation on the wiring cord outside. Sunlight will eventually crack it. Lastly, keep the power source as close as possible. Distance increases voltage drop to the pump motor. 115V is already a low base for the motor (HP?).
Since the wire is the last defense against losing the pump down the well... I think I would have made a coil in the wire, and put several nylon wire ties throughout the loop. That way, you wouldn't be relying on those crimp connectors to hold the weight. They will NOT hold the weight.
Hi!! May i ask how many ft deep is your well?? I bought 3 differ above ground pumps for a temporary thing just to fertalize....none picked up my water!! Ours is 90ft deep.
, you know when the heat shrinks done because first off you need to start from the center out and you'll notice when you're done it'll be melting out the ends
I agree with the installer on the whisky. My only disagreement is with the spelling. LOL Great job; must've been a huge relief. Would yank her out and lose the electrician's tape as noted below. Well done.
Your in Alaska, What have you done for freeze protection on your well, dropline and faucet. I assume you want running water in the winter too ???? Maybe you are far enough south in the State so that is not an issue. I am from the interior and that would freeze up in the winter as you installed it. I would have at least installed a Heat trace line down 10-15 feet along your drop line.
After tightening your hose clamps heat the clamps and pipe then retighten. Almost always your clamps will tighten a little more giving your pipe a tighter seal.
Just had a question for the pro well installers. Does this type of installation need some type of pressure switch to control the pump. What will stop the pump from running once the system is powered?
A lot of people believe electricians tape will come 'unstuck', float around and jam the pump. Not true. I've pulled up many, many pumps over the years and never, ever found the tape loose. Ten, fifteen, twenty years later it still holds well. Zip ties are OK but they do cut into the conductors if over-tightened, so be cautious.
Sandra Lavoie, we did have an issue with that at the beginning of winter but drilled a little hole in the pipe that allows water to flow out and have not had an issue since then (we have a video on it). We have a submersible pump that we power with our generator when we need to get water every few days so we don't need a pressure tank :)
@@SimpleLivingAlaska I put in a solar powered submersible pump rigged up the same way...with a small hole just above the pump. I always use silicone with shrink wrap for added insurance.
It would be great if you would link to any of the products you use that are on Amazon. I think we are going to be able to install our pump because of your video, and that will save us a lot of money. Linking the products with your referral hash would help us a lot, and we could help you back that way as well. I know those torches sell on Amazon. :)
intentionalhyperbole, our Amazon affiliate link is: simplelivi0f2-20 or if you order anything from their webpage though this link, we may receive a small percentage of the sales: amzn.to/simplelivi0f2-20 Right now we are in the process of getting approved for an Amazon store and still working on going back to our older videos to update them. That is great you to hear you will be able to install your own pump, the cost factor was a driving motive for us as well. We did an update video where we drilled a small hole in the side of the piping to allow the water to drain, it froze early on but we didn't have issues again all winter, not sure if you are in a zone that gets 20 F or below. We purchased this particular pump and most of the other items from Lowe's so it is hard for me to find something close enough in comparison online (I'm sure there is, we just like to recommend the exact items we use if possible). We hope this helps :)
@@SimpleLivingAlaska That helps a lot. When you zoomed in on the pump, nice touch btw as if you were inviting me over, it looked the one I'm about to link. I tried to insert your affiliate tag into it, but I'm going to shorten it first and post the preview link which is: Utilitech 1/2 HP Stainless Steel Submersible Well Pump @Amazon preview.tinyurl.com/y5od7qq4 This one, if it is not the one you use, looks close enough that I can follow along with what you did. We are in the Rockies so it does get cold. Thanks for the update. I will drop by Lowes today to check on that pipe. If the link I made is bad for some reason, you can feel free to delete this comment.
That link didn't work but I looked it up and that is the brand we used but ours is the 115 volt which I couldn't find on amazon. Not sure which one you need. This is the link to the one you are looking at: amzn.to/2IPs71q I also realized this is the link I should have given you for the general Amazon page, I had it wrong before: amzn.to/2IOaoaG Thanks for getting back to us :)
9011combo, we went with 100 feet of that pipe per the drilling company's recommendations but our static water level is at 30 feet and it produces 40 gpm so it really depends on your well how much pipe you will need, not sure if we can be of much assistance.
would depend on your drawn down which is based on casing diameter and flow rate @ pump HP as well as if you have a pressure tank or not........ I would take the ID of the casing and drop a string with something to weigh it down and lower until it hits water and then subtract that # from 280' to determine how many gallons of water that equals to then know what your pumps potential for maximum draw down is in a real situation.... for example if you just turned the spicket on 100% will the well make enough water to prevent running it to the bottom or does it always have an ample water column above to prevent running it dry....I've seen people replace 1/2 hp pumps w/ 3/4 hp to "get more flow" when really what they wanted was more pressure and ultimately run the well dry enough to burn out the pumps (not all of them have the ability to detect no water and stop trying to pump! ........ sorry for the log answer!
@@harolddonoso2103 not all of them and most of them don't. That is why I was going to suggest to them to spend the extra few dollars to get one that it would greatly help in the life of their pump.
@@SimpleLivingAlaska was curious in Alaska do you not put one on on purpose so the pipe drains back down to prevent freezing because a check valve does prevent water hammer and greatly helps life of pump.
You shouldn’t tell people to DIY because most people don’t have 100 foot wells or even know how to do an “actual” install you messed up a bit but I applaud you for your effort just people shouldn’t think of this video as a do it yourself type thing
Joey Inglima we did it ourselves and it works for us quite well, people are free to do what they wish, we do not claim to be experts (clearly we aren't) but rather show what we do and why.
Bigballer, we just have a 55 gallon drum inside with a 12v water pump for our sink and on demand hot water heater. We don't mind pumping the water into the house every few days.
I just discovered your channel. I will binge watch for the next few days to catch up. I am so thrilled that I found another channel where I’m not hearing bad jokes, people trying to be funny, being or trying to be sexy or any other such nonsense in order to get viewers. Geeze! They try my last nerve. I look for real and upfront which y’all are.
I've been a well installer for 37 years and one thing you really should have considered is to have a shot of whiskey when you finished
Do you use the dog excrement trick for ph
yea at least a few Beers...
Need to exercise your suggestion when I do Mine. Always trick of the trade to be learned, that's what my channel is all about. Thanks
What is the possibility of a pice of E tape coming unravelled and dropping down into the pump?
What do you think you are, some kind of painter?
You should have added a 1" stainless steel tee (with a barb adapter) at the end of the poly (on the outside of your well seal) , and have the weight of the pump (and the pipe full of water) hang from that. The way you have it, all the weight is hanging from your rope (which is also not anchored correctly). If your rope fails or your knot slides past the nut, the whole thing is going to end up at the bottom of your well. The safety rope is there in case your barb connection at the pump fails, and should not be under tension during normal operation. Only used as your last recourse to recover the pump only. As mentioned by other people, the rope should be tied to the loop of your eye hook, which should then thread through the well seal, and secured on the top side of the seal with a nut and washer, and you missed the torque arrestor... Also you should not use standard heat shrink, you should use a submersible splice kit, that includes water proof jackets, which are also heat shrunk but have a silicon adhesive the seals the connection (and when heat shrinking should be started from the center out to avoid bubbles, and ensure that the silicon adhesive oozes out and ensures a completely water proof seal. It is also a lot safer to assemble your well seal before starting to lowering your pump (At least tie the safety rope to an eye hook secured to the seal and never untie it unless you have a backup)... I broke a sweat when you united your safety rope @ 8:50, there was zero redundancy... if that rope slipped of your hands your pump would be at the bottom of your well!!!) - Not trying to burn you, just making sure that people that use your video as reference know that they need to consider some additional details.
Thanks for that comment. The video taught me a lot and your comments filled in the blanks. Thanks for taking the time.
This 2 years late, but a "pitless adapter" lets you get your water from the well below frost level and suspends the pump from whatever type of pipe you use. The rest of your comment is spot-on for anyone putting in a submersible. I like to use a stainless steel cable and clamps in lieu of a "plastic rope, which will deteriorate over time.
Over here bing be watching this series. Haven’t watched anything recently really, I enjoy going from the beginning lol 😂
Witajcie. Ponieważ mogę słuchać co mówicie w języku polskim jestem za to bardzo wdzieczny. To co Robicie jest niesamowite. Podziwiam Was za determinację i wolę osiągniecia tego co chcecie ale przede wszystkim Zdobyliscie mnie za Waszą miłość do swoich zwierzat do roslin do przyrody. Niech Was Bóg prowadzi dalej po ścieżkach dobroci. Dużo zdrowia dla Was. Korzystam w miarę mozliwosci z Waszych przepisów kulinarnych. Jeszcze raz Szczęść Boże.
Eric did a pretty good job on that pump.
I am so in love with watching this show , they have not left out any phase of living off grid. wonderful information.
I like it that you do all of these things yourselves and then show us. It must get old though hearing how others would've done it better, lol. I also really like it when either of you cook.
Vicki Takacs, thank you :) We both enjoy cooking very much. It's hard to forsee the things we would do differently but we try to live by trying new things and learning from our experiences.
@@SimpleLivingAlaska You're doing very well, I think.
I would never make someone endure my cooking in life or video, I am a builder not graced with SLA cooking skills. Cook on Ya'll!
Today I binged watched dozens of your Alaska videos. I really like your project and your energy. Your content is better than some bigger channels, you really deserve a larger audience! I subscribed and I can’t wait for your next video! Keep up the great work! High five from The Netherlands!
Roy, thanks for watching! We appreciate your comment :)
Agreed!
Agreed! There are a few channels like this but only a few with the right vibe for me.
@@SimpleLivingAlaska where in alaska are you living now?
This video helped so much with figuring out how to install a pump ourselves. We have never done this before either and I now feel confident because of your videos as well as the comments. Huge thanks to Eric and Ariel and everyone that has given advice/tips in the comments. 🙏🏻
I believe you two can do anything!!! Wow! Bo is surely your protector. Bandit looked like a black deer hopping through the woods. He told me he still wants a dog house at the lake so he can go camping like the teenager he is! Going through in order. Some are second time seen. Better the 3rd time! Prayers & love. God has blessed you Eric & Arielle. Thank you for sharing your beautiful love & life , in turn, blessing us. Watched 2021harvest tonight...woke up at 0100 & began again. It's 0500 now🤭
John 3:16
Eric is so smart and so are you Arielle, y'all don't really need anyone bc y'all can pretty much do all the work yourselves and that's awesome I wish I had it that way!!!👍👍😀😀🧡🧡
Nice is a great accomplishment! Have your own water well!!!!! You guys are great! Not afraid to live a life off the grid!
I just discovered your channel and I love you two and your videos. Love to see people "doing" stuff and that you two certainly do!
What an excellent video. You have made this well system totally understandable.
Fantastic job Eric!
Great video and it’s given me the confidence to do my own, thanks man, you saved me some $$$$$$. That said, idk how you’ve made it that far in life without knowing some knots! You were killing me lol.
Pro tip for wiring when you need to do multiple connections like you have there.
Stagger the height of the crimps.
This means that they don't bulk out as much and it just looks neater.
There's also some heat shrink with glue in it, that's what I use for Motorsport wiring and it'd definitely work well in this situation... But that's for next time.
Keep the video's coming, I love 'em.
Cheers from the UK.
I learned to heat the plastic pipe and clamp it down while it's warm for a better fit. That pump spraying the water out...its a beautiful thing.
I love most your your diy videos
Great stuff
Can’t wait to see you expanding your family
God bless you both
This was like the moment you guys spread the roots down!
Well I sorted out through the comments and they gave all good advice. It is your well and you do it the way that you can afford. I do suggest that it run for as long as possible for your generator can handle but all I seen was a short spurt of dirt which is normal for new wells. So you live in Alaska too, all good. I would exchange ends on the tie off if you pull it and if you can afford a torque arrestor for the pump so it won't break your pipe in cold weather. It is a bit harder to pull up later with it but really good insurance. I attached a smaller piece of pipe to the outside and a hand winch to pull mine.I just run it over the top a few feet to make it easy to wind up but you have a winch on the side by side so you can make a tripod over it with a block and tackle... in my other video I watched, you have some experience with winching so enjoy the freedom from the water tax man. You only need run the well for a short while as that water has settled a lot. Just don't pump directly from the bottom as that is where the silt settles and can ruin pumps.. takes a while tho so don't lose sleep. If you drink out of the creeks here then your already fine
Good job
I would not use electrical tape on the underwater connections , rather i would use "liquid electric tape" or a similar product that will provide an air/water tight seal in addition to your heat shrink (which you should heat from the middle out to push air out). Also heavy duty zip ties instead of electric tape to secure the wire to the line as you fed the works down hole. Electric tape will age and come unglued eventually and you don't want that floating around in your well potentially blocking/clogging the pump.
Razr Havoc thank you, we appreciate the suggestions. Thankfully it is easy to pull out and change :)
@@SimpleLivingAlaska all in all I think you did a pretty good job...but Raze has some good suggestions. when I did our 300 foot well (we have a few on our farm in Texas) it was an old well (1920) that had 3 inch pipe so we had to get the pump from LA where they use three inch, Texas is 4 inch normally. at the electric store we found some "well splice" which when you compress them (with the tool) pushes out a chemical reaction that essentially water tights the entire system...over that I put some heat shrink and Raze's liquid electric tape...and a lot of zip ties...4 years now, not a bit of problems...but again I think you did a nice job ...good living
A lot of good comments. You might consider taking a few notes for the hopefully never next time. Thanks, I really learned a lot from this vid along with the comments..
Great job on the video. I am pretty handy but never done one of these before so this really helps. I have also read some of the comments below and will incorporate some of the other recommendations. Overall this video will help a lot DIY'er's. Keep up the great videos and thank you!
I'd enjoy a tour of your place up there if I'm ever in the neighborhood. For two young folk you've got it figured out.
My hats off to you. Bravo!!!!!
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You guys are getting it done! Looking forward to watching more, keep up the work and your channel will grow I am sure.
Thank you! We are currently working on getting running water and our solar system hooked up stay tuned :)
Nice job. I did the whole job from start to finish. I only had to go 8’ for water, but went to 27’. It’s only for watering but it crystal clear and has a lower ppm than my city water. It’s to shallow to drink but it does taste good. It saved me 150-200 a month from my water bill. I only spent about 400. I bought a cheap pump because I didn’t think it would actually work. 1 year and 2 months later it’s still saving me money.
Did you it up like they did?
We have a submersible pump. We have been here 30 years and never had any trouble till this year. My husband went to pull the pump to check it and the rope broke due to age. lol Thank goodness the wires kept it from dropping to the bottom of the well. I think he had to replace a part on it but we are up and running again.
Very informative. I have to do some service on my pump here in Bear River Nova Scotia, and this demystifies the whole thing about down-hole 110V pumps for me! Also The better class of heavy duty heat shrink contains an inner layer of Glue/water-seal that is heat activated. This will render your seal perfect. I think you might have had this, as i could see a white ring popping out around the heat shrink. Start at the center too.
Would tie a bow line to pump over a square knot though. Love the channel guys have learned a lot.
When you shrunk the ends first, there was air in the middle, like a bladder of air. You then shrunk the middle and air had to escape through the ends, breaking the seal. That is not how one should do heat shrink in submersible applications. Also I would have coated exposed conductors in silicone or similar before heat shrinking, to give you a double barrier.
You have done a great job. Well done. Next time check out WellHose DIY Drop Pipe. It is easier to handle, great for freezing temperatures and no support rope required. Cheers
Great tutorial!!
Very inspiring!! That didn't look too terribly bad.
You should melt the heat shrink from the middle going out so you don’t trap an air pocket
and not use a torch or lighter. Always use a heat gun with a consistent flow of heat that isn't concentrated on one spot like a torch or flame is regardless of moving it back and forth.
Yup what they said
Yep!
@@williscooper7750 I use a torch on my heat shrinks have done over 1000 and not one has been bad yet.
@@Eggugat You do it if you are careful and take your time but still should use a heat gun. More consistent lower temp heat is better. But there is always other ways
I prefer nylon line. Poly is strong, more susceptible to UV, but there's no sun down there! Nylon ties much better than elec. tape, for sure. I put a little silicone on the wire and heat shrink over it.
Good job.
Hey DW. You can check out WellHose DIY Drop Pipe. No support ropes needed. Cheers
Definitely going to freeze, especially in Alaska.
I know that this an older video but well done . If it was me I would have installed a torque protector like other people were suggesting . Stop the pump from banging the walls of the well . I also would have installed a pitless adapter about 10 feet down . This way in the future if you wanted water to the house or a barn you could do so with out worrying about the pipe freezing . To do that now you would have to break up the concrete around the well head . Any how looking good .
I like the vid. Myself I wouldn't want to rely on that Granny Knot for the life of that pump. Beyond that rope and wire, that Pipe is suspending that pump pretty well too. Thanks
When installing your hose you should add rubber shock boots every so often. When the pump kicks on it stops the movement of your water line so the wires don’t get rubbed on two. Just my two cents. Keep up the good work both of you.
How many would you suggest on one going down 60ft
@@stolenjunk every 15 ft
@@mdsloads thank you
When you put your new pump in, never run the pump dry. We put our first pump in with Poly tube like you, and the pump swung back and forth and wore the wire until it grounded. We had a well installer do the next one and he used steel pipe.
Just curious, did he installed the pipe with cathodic protection?
Great job! The small things in life......running water.
Thanks for sharing.
I just found your channel. Good show. Wish you would show more of inside I saw when you first moved like to see how it will look. Also was wondering how due you shower. Winter you don't want go out to the out house.
Sk Mertiz we have a few videos on our showering set up and do spend a considerable amount of time outside in the winter. We would like to show a little more inside but we are outside so often 😀
One of the best videos if not the best on installing a deep well pump.
you should use brass fitting for the 90 that your hose bip is attached too
I don’t know if anyone said before , but you need to build a pump house or shield to help keep it from freezing
Royce Phillips by drilling a small weep hole below the frost line in our well line we have not had any freezing even at -30 Fahrenheit!
Oh ok ..
@@SimpleLivingAlaska I'd wondered if you'd drilled the weep hole. Thanks for mentioning it. Thanks for the video!
I read somewhere that these pumps will last about 7 years. That has been my experience as I am now on my third pump. The pump I have now is a Grundsfdos pump which I power by solar/generator. The good thing about this pump is that it will take a wide range of electrical power. I have my solar panels in series to give 220 Volts (with not very much amps). In that they are in a fixed position, the wattage varies greatly throughout the day and throughout all weather conditions, but the pump happily pumps whatever it can with whatever power it gets. I simply wire the power directly down into the well without any control box - the pump just handles whatever I give it. My well is at 375 feet and I pump up to a holding tank that is about 200 more feet in elevation. The pump is now about 3 years working … time will tell how long it will last. I have seen a video that described rebuilding a Grundsfdos pump, so that is something I may be doing sometime in the future.
During my adventures replacing my earlier pumps, I have lost the pump down the well on two different occasions. I have developed a way to retrieve them, so if you ever find yourself in that position, I know of two good ways to recover.
Dennis Bosworth thank you for sharing your experience, we were not sure how long to expect it to last ☺ hopefully we never have to retrieve it from the bottom.
How do you recover them? :O
Be lucky if it lasts 7 years the way this moron installed it. 😂 My well pump installations last over 20 years on average.
@@tolmie1141 Kem, I'm sure those two are far from being morons. What they accomplished in that environment staggers my imagination. They are what I call a well yoked couple (they work very well together). I think a well pump's lifespan has a lot to do with the type of water it pumps. In my case, my water carries a lot of minerals and is slightly acidic. Over time, that takes its toll - which reminds me that I am overdue to cycling chlorine through my system - it gets rid of that iron buildup that accumulates over the years. I don't know what kind of water they have in their area, but there is one thing I hope they haven't done: I hope the pump is not all the way down on the bottom of the well. It should be hanging about 5 to 10 feet off the bottom.
@@dennisbosworth3665 well we don't have to call them morons but I'm just here to tell you what they did there is not going to last very long. I've installed a few well pumps in my life my mom was a general contractor and I did all the well pumps and you want to know what not a single new homeowner ever came back with a well problem. I'm telling you they didn't use the right stuff and they didn't do it right. you don't take some electrical tape and some wire and shove it in a well it doesn't work that way. If you want it to last for 20 years. They make special plastic Shields that are supposed to go on the poly pipe. they keep the poly pipe away from the casing and they keep the wires away from the casing. I can't tell you how many friends I've had to help work on their well because they don't know what they're doing. And these people don't have a clue. they put out a video and hopefully nobody follows it. people ask questions like what do you put over the top of the well so it doesn't freeze. well if you have experience like me you don't have that problem. Number one you drill a hole in the well casing you put a special adapter in there that slides together so the pipe is below the Earth where the temperature is 55° all over the world and it doesn't freeze. Using a rope for support is fine but that's not code that's not right either. You're supposed to use a stainless steel cable that also attaches to the top of the well casing you have to drill to put that in as well. My point was the entire video was incorrect but anything that gets people to look at it so they can earn money right. I tell you what when my pump dies which will probably be a long time because I did it right I'll do a video and show people how to do it correctly.
The only thing I would recommend as a plumber and a well pump installer is to install a couple torque arrestors
That well is a good idea. 185 foot well ( ? ) cost plenty but it makes all the difference. Does the casing run to the bottom? Good job on the install. I collect/store rain water for the garden. Stay strong and free.
John Armstrong yes the casing runs down 180 feet. It has been great not having to haul water in!
Great video!!
Thank you very much man for this video,,,,i have just drilled borehole in my yard,just looking for water pump as they are little bit expensive,,,,,,,for 60 meters borehole what size pump should i use,,,,,,,,,,,South Africa
Awesome job with step by step. Thanks for sharing. Just curious, What was the result on the water test?
MAC Stone it was all good, there is small amount of arsenic which is common throughout this area but it is potable. A spring would be so much better but we are thankful for what we have ☺
in addition to celebrating that you did it on your own, you should have only used brass or bronze fittings at the well. It is long lasting, and keeps from having to replace galvanized fittings. Pex is best inside the house, but not at the well. Go from brass [at well] to pex or PVC to the house, and you get the best of both world, with no corrosion like galvanized will have.
I never knew that you can put a well pump under the water. Here in Michigan I have only seen them in a well house above the ground or in the house.
Our water table is high here in Michigan. What you've seen are shallow wells, mine is only 22 feet deep. I think the cut off is around 30 feet then you have to use a submersible pump like they did.
I would have thought that the eye of the eyebolt should have been inside the cap. With the rope tied to that. Over time, I could see that rope sliding off the 'bolt' part, since it is a vertical slide. No matter how well you tied and taped it on there. All in all, I think there is a good chance you are going to lose your pump within a few years.
You might have put the ring bolt in upside down. Usually, the rope should tie to the ring portion hanging down inside the well.
Devin Heaps Yes, this!
I was thinking the same thing.
Alaska?, Now I am in Colorado building our Modern Cabin and it gets Cold (-30F) how are you going to keep your well head from freezing when you don't have under ground pitless adapter or a drain beneath your spigot? Best info for my use is that it took 5 seconds on a totally dry line to pump water up 100'. Priceless info.
Gobuilditbetter that is how cold it gets here too, we drilled a weep hole in the pipe after it froze once and haven't had problems since then.
Thanks, doing mine in 2 weeks.
You situation is similar to ours.
I'm in the Rockies.
My question is about it freezing? I noticed your in Alaska. The weather here is similar. I'm off grid also.
I bought a 120v. Also. Guold 10gal per minute.
Thanks for making video
I will need to use a pittless adapter at 8ft below to cabin. To avoid freezing.
Grand Roofing we drilled a small weep hole 15ft down the well line and had no problems all winter.
Simple Living Alaska thank you.
Simple Living Alaska what was the diameter of your weep hole? Some say 1/8” is good.
Take it you planned for a water reservoir tower? Gravity fed water to the house? Not sure that copes in cold weather though....
Down here in Florida we heat shrink from the Center out
Did you eventually hook this well pumo to solar? If so, how much wattage, battery storage etc have you needed for a typical day and week? (Attempting to apply this in FL!)
I don’t kno wiring but I seen the ground “green” wire and then u had a red and a black but the pump had the ground and two black does it matter with the two blacks and one red and one black witch one u wire to the other?
Nice job . How will you keep this from freezing ?
Thanks, we are planning to insulate our spigot and with the water dropping back down the pipe when the pump shuts off we hope it will not freeze!
unless you got some new type of heatshrink that im not aware of---heat shrink is NOT water proof--you should take the electrical connections back apart and add some silicon inside the new heat shrink before you heat them up and shrink them ---you should have some seepage from each end of the tube to know your wires are sealed---good luck!
Oh I wished I could go back to the past. Retired electrical contractor. Forget electrical tape. It will be unwound in 4 months. I'd say tie-wraps ("zip ties"), or WP line/rope with half hitches all the way up. Protect that 'non-weatherproof insulation on the wiring cord outside. Sunlight will eventually crack it. Lastly, keep the power source as close as possible. Distance increases voltage drop to the pump motor. 115V is already a low base for the motor (HP?).
Since the wire is the last defense against losing the pump down the well... I think I would have made a coil in the wire, and put several nylon wire ties throughout the loop. That way, you wouldn't be relying on those crimp connectors to hold the weight. They will NOT hold the weight.
Hi!! May i ask how many ft deep is your well?? I bought 3 differ above ground pumps for a temporary thing just to fertalize....none picked up my water!! Ours is 90ft deep.
how do you protect it from freezing
Do you have a manual pump in case you lose power? Pretty impressive work!
Great Job!! Can you tell me where you got that well pump,and the well cap? Thanks!!
charliebuck697, thanks :) we purchased both at a local Lowe's store.
my well has a 6 in. caseing, 30 ft. deep. can my poly pipe be 100 psi or should i have a higher psi poly.
May or may not have cheered and woke my 2 year old when the water came out 😂
, you know when the heat shrinks done because first off you need to start from the center out and you'll notice when you're done it'll be melting out the ends
I agree with the installer on the whisky. My only disagreement is with the spelling. LOL Great job; must've been a huge relief. Would yank her out and lose the electrician's tape as noted below. Well done.
What if a some point of time the rope degrades and just break off?? Is that possible! If yes what will happen if it breaks?
Can I ask what solar set up your using for you well pump?
We run our well off of our generator
What fittings did you use for your bib to attach it to the well line?
Your in Alaska, What have you done for freeze protection on your well, dropline and faucet. I assume you want running water in the winter too ???? Maybe you are far enough south in the State so that is not an issue. I am from the interior and that would freeze up in the winter as you installed it. I would have at least installed a Heat trace line down 10-15 feet along your drop line.
Brian Ludlow we put in a weep hole a few videos later and have not had any issues with freezing since.
I miss drinking our well water, but I don’t miss having to pull the pump out of a 300+ foot deep well.
After tightening your hose clamps heat the clamps and pipe then retighten. Almost always your clamps will tighten a little more giving your pipe a tighter seal.
You would probably get a tighter fit with your hose clamps
Is one of those wires neutral, hot and ground?
Just had a question for the pro well installers. Does this type of installation need some type of pressure switch to control the pump. What will stop the pump from running once the system is powered?
Yea you need a tank with a pressure switch if you want constant pressure. Otherwise you will kill the pump early.
A lot of people believe electricians tape will come 'unstuck', float around and jam the pump. Not true. I've pulled up many, many pumps over the years and never, ever found the tape loose. Ten, fifteen, twenty years later it still holds well. Zip ties are OK but they do cut into the conductors if over-tightened, so be cautious.
How much did it cost you to have your well drilled? If you don’t mind me asking.
$46 a foot 180 feet deep
@@SimpleLivingAlaska wow!!
Does that pump work for at least a 200 foot well?
Did it freeze finally? And no need of pressure tank?
Sandra Lavoie, we did have an issue with that at the beginning of winter but drilled a little hole in the pipe that allows water to flow out and have not had an issue since then (we have a video on it). We have a submersible pump that we power with our generator when we need to get water every few days so we don't need a pressure tank :)
@@SimpleLivingAlaska I put in a solar powered submersible pump rigged up the same way...with a small hole just above the pump. I always use silicone with shrink wrap for added insurance.
It would be great if you would link to any of the products you use that are on Amazon. I think we are going to be able to install our pump because of your video, and that will save us a lot of money. Linking the products with your referral hash would help us a lot, and we could help you back that way as well. I know those torches sell on Amazon. :)
intentionalhyperbole, our Amazon affiliate link is: simplelivi0f2-20
or if you order anything from their webpage though this link, we may receive a small percentage of the sales: amzn.to/simplelivi0f2-20
Right now we are in the process of getting approved for an Amazon store and still working on going back to our older videos to update them.
That is great you to hear you will be able to install your own pump, the cost factor was a driving motive for us as well. We did an update video where we drilled a small hole in the side of the piping to allow the water to drain, it froze early on but we didn't have issues again all winter, not sure if you are in a zone that gets 20 F or below.
We purchased this particular pump and most of the other items from Lowe's so it is hard for me to find something close enough in comparison online (I'm sure there is, we just like to recommend the exact items we use if possible).
We hope this helps :)
@@SimpleLivingAlaska That helps a lot. When you zoomed in on the pump, nice touch btw as if you were inviting me over, it looked the one I'm about to link. I tried to insert your affiliate tag into it, but I'm going to shorten it first and post the preview link which is:
Utilitech 1/2 HP Stainless Steel Submersible Well Pump @Amazon preview.tinyurl.com/y5od7qq4
This one, if it is not the one you use, looks close enough that I can follow along with what you did. We are in the Rockies so it does get cold. Thanks for the update. I will drop by Lowes today to check on that pipe. If the link I made is bad for some reason, you can feel free to delete this comment.
That link didn't work but I looked it up and that is the brand we used but ours is the 115 volt which I couldn't find on amazon. Not sure which one you need.
This is the link to the one you are looking at: amzn.to/2IPs71q
I also realized this is the link I should have given you for the general Amazon page, I had it wrong before:
amzn.to/2IOaoaG
Thanks for getting back to us :)
You could get water at 3 feet if you just wait a little while... ;)
Hello sir, How deep is your well ? My well is 280ft deep, and what is the length of the hose do I need for a well that deep?
9011combo, we went with 100 feet of that pipe per the drilling company's recommendations but our static water level is at 30 feet and it produces 40 gpm so it really depends on your well how much pipe you will need, not sure if we can be of much assistance.
@@SimpleLivingAlaska thank you very much
would depend on your drawn down which is based on casing diameter and flow rate @ pump HP as well as if you have a pressure tank or not........ I would take the ID of the casing and drop a string with something to weigh it down and lower until it hits water and then subtract that # from 280' to determine how many gallons of water that equals to then know what your pumps potential for maximum draw down is in a real situation.... for example if you just turned the spicket on 100% will the well make enough water to prevent running it to the bottom or does it always have an ample water column above to prevent running it dry....I've seen people replace 1/2 hp pumps w/ 3/4 hp to "get more flow" when really what they wanted was more pressure and ultimately run the well dry enough to burn out the pumps (not all of them have the ability to detect no water and stop trying to pump! ........ sorry for the log answer!
Where did you get the well cover ?
Our local Lowes
Doesn't lower voltage equal higher wattage
didn't hear anything about a check valve. Did you install one?
Richard we don't have a check valve, we just hook our generator up when we need water.
submersible pumps has check valves on the output part of the pump that prevents water hammer..
@@harolddonoso2103 not all of them and most of them don't. That is why I was going to suggest to them to spend the extra few dollars to get one that it would greatly help in the life of their pump.
@@SimpleLivingAlaska was curious in Alaska do you not put one on on purpose so the pipe drains back down to prevent freezing because a check valve does prevent water hammer and greatly helps life of pump.
@@harolddonoso2103 what is water hammer?
You shouldn’t tell people to DIY because most people don’t have 100 foot wells or even know how to do an “actual” install you messed up a bit but I applaud you for your effort just people shouldn’t think of this video as a do it yourself type thing
Joey Inglima we did it ourselves and it works for us quite well, people are free to do what they wish, we do not claim to be experts (clearly we aren't) but rather show what we do and why.
You need to learn to tie a figure eight follow through or bowlen knot. I hope the double half hitch holds. It might
How deep is your well, what kind of pipe is that, what size and how many horse power is the well pump?
Bigballer 1 inch poly pipe, the pump is a 115v .5 hp 10 gpm, all purchased at our local Lowe's. The well is 180 feet deep.
@@SimpleLivingAlaska Nice and thanx alot, now I can get water here aswell.
@@SimpleLivingAlaska is it regular irrigation pipe? Nice soothing video aswell. Enjoyed it!
You should run a underground pvc pipe directly to your holding tank inside your home. Saves alot of time and labor.
Bigballer, we just have a 55 gallon drum inside with a 12v water pump for our sink and on demand hot water heater. We don't mind pumping the water into the house every few days.
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