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sum (FL)
Are most sprinkler pumps configured similarly?
I have an old pump in a laundry room which is connected to two 1-1/2" galvanized pipes. Only I don't know which is the intake pipe which is the outflow pipe.
The electric has been disconnected from the panel at the moment pending rewire.
The pump may need to be replaced (most likely I would replace it).
The pipes underground has been exposed, but unfortunately was damaged by a bobcat as the backyard is being demolished. I am trying to determine which pipe is which and leads where.
Can you tell from just a picture of the pump itself which line comes in and which goes out? Is A the intake or B the intake?
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hj (AZ)
The pipe that goes to the center of the pump is the suction. THe one off the top is the supply to the house.
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sum (FL)
Thanks hj.
So since the bobcat damaged much of the existing irrigation network, I will need to run a new line to the lake where the pump is drawing water from for irrigation. Then I will just design a new irrigation layout once the backfill is in and the ground regraded.
If I do get a new pump, the position of the suction and outflow lines will be different for another pump with different brand/model. But these existing galvanized lines are set in the concrete wall. Do I need to bust them out of the concrete and run new PVC? Or is it better to use the existing metal pipes and fittings inside, and convert to PVC on the outside?
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Paul48 (CT)
You may be able to buy a rebuild kit for that pump. There's not a lot to those things sum. It's ugly as sin, but nothing a little spray paint couldn't fix.
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North Carolina Plumber (NC)
If you're going to replace the pipes outside, I'd run new pipes all the way in. You might even use the galvanized pipe in the wall as a sleeve to slid the new pipes through.
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