When we lived in NC my neighbor had one of the well buckets, they work well and with a pulley system are not that had to use. Both of us were living without Elec at the time and we got much of our water this way. I am not sure how hard it would be to use if a elec pump is already installed on your well. I know when we had to have the one we have now (elec) worked on a few years ago it was a trip to drag the existing system out of the well to work on it. That water is heavy! We hired someone to do it.
Nancy in Fl
--- In Homesteadingfamily@yahoogroups.com, "backwaterjon" <backwaterjon@...> wrote:
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> --- In Homesteadingfamily@yahoogroups.com, "CalleenT" <Herc207@> wrote:
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> I normally read the conversations but today I need imput from the group on a
> tricky issue. We live out in the country, on the grid(sad to say), but would
> like to start moving away from it. That being said my first big issue is
> getting water out of the well without using the electric pump we currently use,
> no pun intended. We have a generator but it doesn't take of the situation when
> we lose power. So now I need the power of the group, what do you think.
> Calleen T
> SE Michigan
> Double Shamrock Farm
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> http://www.lehmans.com offers a well bucket that just fits inside the well shaft. It has a flap in the bottom that allows the bucket to fill up, and as you lift it out, the water pressure closes that flap tight.
>
> You can also get a solar powered deep well pump battery backup, but winter of 09 when we lost our power for 32 days, then 2 days on, then back off another 3 weeks, I used the bucket, plus I still have cistern for water backup. I fill with spring water, and another one I fill with rain water for irrigation.
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> Jon
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