Installation
6
CASED WELL INSTALLATION,
2" OR LARGER CASING
(FIGURE 2)
Step 1. Mount the pump as close to the well as possible.
Step 2. Assemble the foot valve, strainer, and well pipe
(see Figure 2). Make sure that the foot valve
works freely.
Step 3. Lower the pipe into the well until the strainer is five
feet above the bottom of the well. It should also be
at least 10 feet below the well’s water level
while
the pump is running in order to prevent the pump
from sucking air. Install a sanitary well seal.
Step 4. Install a priming tee, priming plug, and suction
pipe to the pump (see Figure 2). Connect the pipe
from the well to the pump suction port, using the
fewest possible fittings – especially elbows – as
fittings increase friction in the pipe (however,
include a foot valve – see Figure 2). The suction
pipe should be at least as large as the suction
port on the pump. Use teflon tape or a teflon-
based pipe joint compound on threaded pipe
joints. Support the pipe so that there are no dips
or sags in the pipe, so it doesn’t 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 teflon tape or a teflon
based pipe joint compound. Joints must be air-
and water-tight.
If the suction pipe can suck air,
the pump cannot pull water from the well.
You have just completed the suction piping for
your new shallow well jet pump. Please go to
Page 7 for tank information.
For parts or assistance, call Simer Customer Service at
1-800-468-7867 / 1-800-546-7867
To Household
Water System
Pump Priming
Tee and Plug
Not
to
Scale
5
8
75 0
8
0
8
10'
Min.
5–10'
Suction Pipe
From Well
Foot
Valve
Priming
Tee and
Plug
Sanitary
Well Seal
Figure 2: Cased Well Installation
