[LeslieMoran]

my current well requires electricity. this is weirding me out. thinking of selling 100 ounces of savings account silver and putting in a well with a manual hand pump. would you do it?

[SkapySisy]

Can you wait to do this or do you need it done now? If you can wait, can you save enough FRN's before needing to pay for it? If so, no...pay with saved FRN's.

If it needs to be done now and you don't have enough FRN's, then I guess you have to.

Isn't the ground frozen right now?

[prehighaltitudesjj]

Probably, yes.

A fully functioning well is a great addition to any home.

[vqIo7X2U]

What about a pump that runs off of solar if you are in a sun-shiny place? How deep is your well? How do they work if your well is 150' deep ? do you got ta stand there and pump for hours? I wouldn't sell silver unless I had to , but a way to get water without electricity is good! Sorry so many questions, wondering for myself.

[LeslieMoran]

80 feet to water. yeah, would have to wait a few months for the thaw. i have a pond and a big berkey, so i have been procrastinating doing it (my wife's not too cool with drinking filtered pond water though). the other day i realized almost all my food preps require water (dehydrated and freeze dried stuff). i am thinking big piles of metals are worthless if i die because of no water.

[vioppyskype]

Chad,

Investigate the Simple Pump: http://www.simplepump.com/

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[FailiaFelay]

zap is right, you should have electrical back up. solar panel & batteries.

[ketNavatutt]

Are there any springs nearby? Spring water is the best!

[LeslieMoran]

a couple people have pm'd me. just for the record, my current well is fine, it just requires electricity. i want water if there is an emp or the power grid gets turned off/fails.

[HsSp82U8]

a couple people have pm'd me. just for the record, my current well is fine, it just requires electricity. i want water if there is an emp or the power grid gets turned off/fails.

Generators work, that's how I pump my well. I need to get solar added to it, But a manual pump is a great idea.

[Tibaveriafark]

I would rather use Fiat, Chad.


EDIT - Heck, for that matter, I would rather use a credit card than part with silver.

[LeslieMoran]

I would rather use Fiat, Chad.


EDIT - Heck, for that matter, I would rather use a credit card than part with silver.

never thought of credit card. good idea.

[Tibaveriafark]

Hahaha. I don't know if it's a good idea or not, but I know I would rather incur digital fiat debt than part with physical silver any day.

[Erawise]

I was going to suggest using the well you have and getting a backup hand pump for it. Looks like the simplepump is a good thing to pursue.

[mincbiori]

manual is slowest but most reliable...

plus when grid is down there will be more than enough free labor to do the back breaking work.

[casinobonuswer]

haaaiiil yes.

[LeslieMoran]

i'm also going to have to buy my eight year old a calico dress and a wooden bucket, so she can down the hill like in little house on the prairie. but, i think i can swing that with fiat.

[TyncTyncSah]

Are there any springs nearby? Spring water is the best!

are springs easy to contaminate? am looking at the sunny side of a mountain, 60% of it is pretty steep but it has 3 springs on it. Have always read, solid H2O source #1 in preps. Mountain is mostly quartz. Was thinking could go down a bit and set up a ram pump, mechanical pump so no elec/pwr source needed.

[Zoxeeoy]

80 feet to water. yeah, would have to wait a few months for the thaw. i have a pond and a big berkey, so i have been procrastinating doing it (my wife's not too cool with drinking filtered pond water though). the other day i realized almost all my food preps require water (dehydrated and freeze dried stuff). i am thinking big piles of metals are worthless if i die because of no water.

A dirty little secret of the well drilling industry is they always say it is 80, 120 or 180 feet to water when in fact they often hit water at 10, 20 or 30 feet. It wouldn't pay for them to stop at that point, so down they go and up goes your bill.

[Erawise]

I was there when my well was drilled. He had to go down to 45' to hit water, but then it came up to 20'. Must be partial artesian. Break through the clay layer, and it comes up.