possible well pump problems?

[Egon]

Thanks for the information.:thumbsup:

In Nova Scotia I have been told "Off Peak Hydro with in slab heating" is one of the cheapest heating mediums with good old wood being the cheapest.

The proper solution is probably a reduction in heating demand but that is again an expensive proposition.

 

[kidstrustfund]

Their are other costs involved. I paid 6.00 per watt installed, then their is the cost of money, tree removal, roofs and structural stuff, ect. 7.5 year pay back if it produces what is predicted. Their is some question as to the systems delivering all they are promised to do. Right now they are not. But it does pay back with a profit after 7 .5 years if it works as predicted. It also caps your utility rates which go up 5% each year or 2. Also their is maintenance involved. Cleaning the inverters and panels each year. Keeping the tree line below the view of the panels. Insurance, ect. New Jersey is even talking about charging more property taxes for the added value of your property. It's not as big of a wind fall as it appears. But it will pay for itself and give you free electric over it's life time. And it does pay a higher rate of return than any other investment I know of these days. New Jersey caps the contribution from the rate payers at 2 %. So on a 350.00 bill you would contribute 7.00. I understand the frustration of higher utility bills. But 2% of your utility bill isn't that crushing.

 

[merrickvilleguy]

Ya the prob I see up here is they are buying power at 80c and selling it for <7c ... the rest is paid for by taxes. Now, the amount of solar on that rate I'm not sure ... its a few MW so far.

Ya the price I was given is assuming the roof can handle the weight and no maintenance

I've been hearing anything from 5-10yrs for inverters and batteries, panels are supposed to last 25yrs, but they start getting less productive as time goes on, not sure how quick they degrade though.

 

[merrickvilleguy]

resurrecting this for posterities sake ...

so this past week we had to shock our well, after 24 hrs ... our normally 5gpm pump was giving us tops 1gpm. That was 2 days ago, today that was a stretch. So we got a well guy out and took a look at the pump. Looks like the impeller (or bearings) finally let go. We replaced the pump and went inside. Instead of taking 8 mins or so to fill our pressure tank, was well under a minute. So we took a look at the flow, amazing ... until the pressure tank was empty. At that point we were seeing slower flow (but still way more than before). Turns out that there was a flow restricting valve in there (between the well and the house) which had clogged up. Removing that valve and running it straight means we basically don't ever see a change in pressure.

Can run the hose outside AND sinks/washing machine etc without a problem =)