My well setup: Well head is about 600 feet from pressure tank, which is housed in basement of home.
I need a spigot about 125' in the other direction. The trenching to bring a water line from the house supply side of the pressure tank would be a big job. The distance, out through the the foundation, plus lots of obstacles, including buried fiber, electrical, and the well supply itself. In other words, if I don't have to dig it, I don't want to.
I always assumed I couldn't tee into the supply line between the well and the tank, thinking that the pump would have to be running to provide pressure. But reality then dawned on my thick skull: The supply line before the tank has the same pressure as the tank, since there are no valves or checks between the tank and the line coming from the pump (as far as I know). Do I have that right?
This diagram shows what I have in mind. The new line would be in red. The well supply line is green.
Input appreciated.
I need a spigot about 125' in the other direction. The trenching to bring a water line from the house supply side of the pressure tank would be a big job. The distance, out through the the foundation, plus lots of obstacles, including buried fiber, electrical, and the well supply itself. In other words, if I don't have to dig it, I don't want to.
I always assumed I couldn't tee into the supply line between the well and the tank, thinking that the pump would have to be running to provide pressure. But reality then dawned on my thick skull: The supply line before the tank has the same pressure as the tank, since there are no valves or checks between the tank and the line coming from the pump (as far as I know). Do I have that right?
This diagram shows what I have in mind. The new line would be in red. The well supply line is green.
Input appreciated.