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New Shallow Well Installation
Figure 7: Install Control Valve and
Pressure Gauge
Figure 8: Install Ejector
To Household
Water System
Pressure Gauge
and Priming Port
Relief Valve
Suction Pipe
From Well
Built-in
Check
Valve
Not
At least
Foot
10'
to Valve
Scale
Screen
5 to 10'
Figure 9: Surface Water Installation
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and so that it slopes slightly upward from the well to the pump (high
spots can cause air pockets which can air lock the pump). Seal the
suction pipe joints with PTFE pipe thread sealant tape or a PTFE-based
pipe joint compound. Joints must be air- and water-tight. If the suction
pipe can suck air, the pump cannot pull water from the well.
You have just completed the suction piping for your new shallow well jet
pump. Please go to Page 8 for discharge pipe and tank connections.
Installation for Surface Water
The installation shown could be used for sprinkler applications.
1. Install the control valve and pressure gauge in the pump body (see
Tap clamp
Figure 7).
to seat it
2. Install ejector kit FP4855 with a Series 4200 pump, or kit FP4875 with
a Series 4300 pump (kits are sold separately). Follow the instructions
provided with the kit. Align the venturi with the top hole on the front of
the pump (see Figure 8).
3. The pump should be installed as close to the water as possible, with
the fewest possible fittings (especially elbows) in the suction pipe. The
suction pipe should be at least as large as the suction port on the pump.
4. Assemble a foot valve and suction pipe (see Figure 9). Make sure that
the foot valve works freely. Use PTFE pipe thread sealant tape or a
PTFE-based pipe joint compound on threaded pipe joints. Protect the
foot valve assembly from fish, trash, etc, by installing a screen around it
(see Figure 9).
5. Lower the pipe into the water until the strainer is five feet above the
bottom. It should also be at least 10 feet below the water level in order
to prevent the pump from sucking air.
6. Install a priming tee, priming plug, and suction pipe to the pump (see
Figure 9). Support the pipe so that there are no dips or sags in the pipe,
so it doesn't strain the pump body, and so that it slopes slightly upward
from the well to the pump (high spots can cause air pockets which can
air lock the pump). Seal the suction pipe joints with PTFE pipe thread
sealant tape or a PTFE-based pipe joint compound. Joints must be air-
and water-tight. If the suction pipe can suck air, the pump cannot pull
water from the well.
You have just completed the plumbing for your new shallow well jet pump.
Please go to Page 8 for discharge pipe and tank connections.
Possible contamination . Do not use surface water for drinking.
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