Monday, March 18, 2013

what solar pump to use?

Solar pumps for your water well. If you dont need lots of water the Sureflow water well pump is fine. We tested these, and have gotten great results. Sureflow is only about 550 bucks or close to it, will do 2100 gallons per day in full sun. Nice for keeping water holes like lakes and ponds full, and keeping water cool in hot summer, helping the fish to survie the heat wave in the summer months. Average windmill makes 2 gallons per mint, the smaller sureflow does the same, at much less the cost of a 4500 windmill. The grunfos solar pump will do 3 to 5times more water. Very good pump, but prices start at 1700.00 bucks and go up. The surflow is ok, for shallow wells, but if your water is deep, the grunfos will be the answer. It will pump from 300 fto 500ft. Also will take more solar panels to run. Check with solar pump dealer for cost, and prices and specs. If you need help email us a drillcat.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Sand point well For garden or survival and farm use

Sand Point wells can be done anywhere water is shallow and formations are soft. Many ways to do it. First before starting, remember this is labor intensive and not for anyone with bot belly and soft hands. Also sand point well is great for cheap shallow water, but GPM output is limited to 2 to 12 gallons per minute, because a sand point well has small screen and casing. No matter how much water is there, you only can get so much water through this small diameter screen area. For a small garden and just to have a outlaw prepper water source, it will do and be fine.
If you plan on watering large acreages, you will need larger well. There are some DIY well links and tips at www.drillcat.com to help you. To know if one can be done in your area, don't look on water logs, most water formation logs will not show shallow aquifers. Also well drillers who turn in well logs to the state, always show deeper water formations. Remeber, shallow wells don't pay motror home  payments. Deep wells do. 100% of all well drilling contractors charge by the foot. So even if they charge 20.00 per ft, on a 35ft well, they would not make enough cash. This is why there favorite words are ( I found water, but it not very good. We need to go deeper.) .  Also sand point well casing is too small to install submergiable pump, so you will need centrifacal above grond pump. these are cheaper though and easy to install and can be bought at any discount lumber yard.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Prepper Water Facts on Outlaw Secret solar water wells

We all know water is a must. More water equals more comfort, less water equals less comfort. No one can carry enough bottled water to wash with, cook and clean. If you cant keep things clean, thats why 1000s die in Africa. The need for more water, means you need your own secret solar water wells.  With new DIY drillcat drilling technolgy drilling a secret solar or hand pump water well is not hard. Do your homework. Would you rather have a extra used car in the drive way, or a Drillcat portable M-60 Drilling rig. With the ability to drill a 150ft solar well in 6 hours or less, this is a great investment. Hands on training is the Key. This equals success. The average family uses 400 gallons per day of water. So how can anyone thing bottled water would work.  Bottled water would work for hours or days, BUT not weeks or months. The average solar well in full sun will pump 2100 gallons per day. With other Off gride systems you can pump 24hr per day.  With a gallon of water weighing 8.3 lbs per gallon and 400 gallons per week average use per family, your looking at total water weoght of 3320lbs of water. This is 1 1/2 tons of water, No way to transport this kind of water volume. The only smart thing to do is, have your own secret water well. For more details, and info go to www.drillcat.com