Everbilt HDSWJ5P - Well Point (Driven Point) Installation

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Installation (continued)
WELL POINT (DRIVEN POINT) INSTALLATION
□ Drive the well, using drive couplings and a drive cap. Drive ttings are threaded all the way through and allow the pipe ends to butt
against each other so that the driving force of the maul is carried by the pipe and not by the threads. The ordinary ttings found in
hardware stores are not threaded all the way through the tting and can collapse under impact. Drive ttings are also smoother than
standard plumbing ttings, making ground penetration easier.
□ Install the pressure gauge in the pump housing.
□ Mount the pump as close to the well as possible.
□ Use the fewest possible ttings (especially elbows) when connecting the pipe from the well point to the pump suction port. The suction
pipe should be at least as large as the suction port on the pump (include a check valve as close to the well as possible). Support the
pipe so that there are no dips or sags in the pipe, so it does not 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 thread tape. Joints
must be air and water-tight. If the suction pipe can suck air, the pump cannot pull water from the well. If one well point does not supply
enough water, consider connecting two or three well points to one suction pipe.
You have just completed the suction piping for your new shallow well jet pump.
Please go to Pages 10 and 11 for discharge pipe and tank connections.
Drive
Point
Drive point
below water
level
Suction Pipe
From Well
Pressure Switch
Check Valve
Check
Valve
Priming Tee
and Plug