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Originally Posted by Dave M
"...In the winter he disconnects the pump and uses a sump pump and connects to the line to the house..."
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My sump pump will only raise water to about nine feet elevation. What might I be doing wrong?
This year, I plan to prime my lakewater system by running a garden hose
to the lake. The hose will be connected to a hose "bib" (faucet) I installed in the main waterline two feet below the lake's surface.
The "sump pump end" will be from a 6-gallon bucket of water on the front porch. Theoretically, this combination will force the bucket's six gallons of water into the 1" waterline at the lake level and prime the entire waterline up to the house pump: a "lift" of about 30 feet.
In previous years, the three-gallon filling process has taken two hours of constant babysitting.
(Of course, the house pump will be open at the filling plug to reduce back pressure and to drain the excess).
