Simer Pumps 2800E, 2803, 2802E owner manual Cased Well INSTALLATION, 2 or Larger Casing Figure

Installation 4

CASED WELL INSTALLATION, 2" OR LARGER CASING (FIGURE 2)

1.Mount the pump as close to the well as possible.

2.Assemble the foot valve, strainer, and well pipe (see Figure 2). Make sure that the foot valve works freely.

3.Lower the pipe into the well until the strainer is five feet above the bottom of the well. It should also be at least 10 feet below the well’s water level while the pump is running in order to prevent the pump from sucking air. Install a sanitary well seal.

4.Install a priming tee, priming plug, and suction pipe to the pump (see Figure 2). Connect the pipe from the well to the pump suction port, using the fewest possible fittings – especially elbows – as fittings increase friction in the pipe (however, include a foot valve – see Figure 2). The suction pipe should be at least as large as the suction port on the pump. Use teflon tape on threaded pipe joints. 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 teflon tape. Joints must be air-tight 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 Pages 5 and 6 for discharge pipe and tank connections.

INSTALLATION FOR SURFACE WATER (FIGURE 3)

1.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.

2.Assemble a foot valve and suction pipe (see Figure 3). Make sure that the foot valve works freely. Use teflon tape on threaded pipe joints. Protect the foot valve assembly from fish, trash, etc, by installing a screen around it (see Figure 3).

3.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.

4.Install a priming tee, priming plug, and suction pipe to the pump (see Figure 3). 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 teflon tape. Joints must be air-tight 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 Pages 5 and 6 for discharge pipe and tank connections.

To Household Water System

Not

to

Scale

Pump Priming Tee and Plug (Replace plug with Pressure Gauge if desired – purchase separately)

Check

Valve

Suction Pipe

From Well

Priming
Tee and
Plug
Sanitary
Well Seal
Well
Casing
Water
Level	10'
Foot Valve	Min.
(Check Valve
on foot of	5–10'
Suction Pipe)

To Household	Pump Priming Tee and Plug
Water System	(Replace plug with Pressure
	Gauge if desired – purchase
	separately)

Check

Valve

Suction Pipe

From Well

Priming

Tee and

Plug

	Screen	10'
Not		Min.
	Foot Valve
to
	(Check Valve	5'
Scale
	on foot of
	Suction Pipe)

Figure 2 – Cased Well Installation

Figure 3 - Surface Water Installation

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