Getting Close to Having Running Water

On June 29th, Tony and his crew came to install our Pitless Adaptor, the first step in getting our well fitted to provide us with running water. Two weeks ago, on Wednesday, July 20, Tony and his crew came back to install our variable speed drive pump and motor.

Tony brought a Berkeley L30P4JMGS and I went on line and found this information:
The Berkeley L30P4JMGS is a replacement liquid pump end, MGS stainless steel series, for use on existing motor. The precision-engineered, high-quality, rugged MGS stainless steel series pumps deliver efficient and dependable performance even in rough, aggressive water. Built to deliver long-term trouble-free service, these pumps feature the SignaSeal staging system.

The features include:

• Capacity (GPM): 30
• Staging system incorporates a harder-than-sand ceramic wear surface that when incorporated with the floating impeller design, greatly reduces problems with abrasives, sand lock-up and running dry
• 300 grade stainless steel discharge is corrosion-resistant for durability in aggressive water
• Large octagon wrench area for ease of installation
• Exclusive self-lubricating Nylatron discharge bearing resists wear from sand
• Corrosion-resistant 300 grade stainless steel intake for durability in aggressive water
• Positive drive from 7/16 in. hexagonal heavy-duty 300 grade stainless steel shaft
• Stainless steel coupling press fit to pump shaft. Couples to all standard NEMA motors
• Durable internal spring-loaded check valve
• Corrosion-resistant stainless steel cable guard protects motor leads.
• Tapered ends prevent pump from catching on well

The motor that drives the pump is a Pentair motor Pentek model P4300050A3 which is a 5hp 60Hz motor. What I didn't know about the pump and the motor is that they are submersible. In order to do that, Tony and his crew attached both the pump and the motor to the end of the pipe that they brought with them. Three hundred feet of 2-inch galvanzied pipe was prepared to be lowered into the well and the final length of pipe was fit with the male portion of the pitless adaptor.
The crew worked efficiently and in no time, the well was prepared for the next step---energizing! More on that to come in a future post.