There's an Arduino project that uses the same method but uses an aquarium pump and an electronic pressure sensor. The advantage is you get constant data over the network and you can use a relay to disable to the pump at predetermined depths. http://www.practicalarduino.com/projects/water-tank-depth-sensor
On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Allan Sindelar <[email protected]> wrote: > For those Wrenches that work with deep-well water pumping installations, > the attached guide is useful to file away for later use. Windy sent it to > me, and it has three options for determining the depth of water in a well. > I taped a 1/4" plastic irrigation tube to the hand-installation-method > bundle of flexible pipe, wire, signal wire and safety rope in an > installation yesterday. Easy rough-in for testing water table drop and pump > submergence over years. > > The guide was published in 2000 by the Oregon State University Extension > Service. > Allan > > *Allan Sindelar* > [email protected] > NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional > NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional > New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician > Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc. > *505 780-2738 <505%20780-2738> cell* > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: air tube for water level > testing Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:07:37 -0600 From: Windy Dankoff To: Allan > Sindelar > > Following is a very cheap means of testing depth to water, pump running or > not. > > Allan - Get 230 feet of 1/4" irrigation tube to put down the well. It will be > used to make pressure test at any time, using a bicycle pump. > > Instructions attached. This will be for use of the "Air Line" method shown on > this doc. Tape the tubing to the pipe, along with the level probe > cable. The bottom of tube can be where the probe is - just above the check > valve. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > -- Chris Mason NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer™ Solar Design Engineer Generac Generators Industrial technician www.cometsolar.com <http://www.cometenergysystems.com> 264.235.5670 869.662.5670 Skype: netconcepts
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