Transferring spring water uphill

[Offgrid]

Hello everyone,
I just joined garage journal I was reading about others transferring water uphill. I have a situation on my farm where I have spring water at the bottom of my mountain but my home is going to be up approximately 200 feet up the side of the mountain but it’s a 1200 foot run I’m trying to figure out how to pump the spring water to a holding tank at my cabin.., I have read several threads about different types of pumps my Spring has a 1700 gallon cistern and I was thinking about putting a one and a half horse power well pump in that to pump up the hill I would appreciate any and all responses to help me out of this .....
I have already ran 1-1/4 plastic pipe the whole length approximately 1200 feet. And I have already purchased the one and a half horsepower submersible well pump

 

[Bondo]

And I have already purchased the one and a half horsepower submersible well pump

Ayuh,..... So try it,...... if it don't work, get a more powerful pump,....

 

[dogdog]

They have these things called .... "Water Ram" "Ram Pump" and yes they have a commercial version of it some where from Britain or something especially useful of you have a natural flow of water from semi down hill... doesn't require power other than gravity flow of water.

Plenty of how to videos on this subject.

 

[Offgrid]

Ayuh,..... So try it,...... if it don't work, get a more powerful pump,....

I have tried it but I can’t get the submersible pump to work trying to figure out why I need a pressure switch per other forums. I hope the 220 V pump directly to the circuit breaker but it would not come on

 

[Farmall450]

I have tried it but I can’t get the submersible pump to work trying to figure out why I need a pressure switch per other forums. I hope the 220 V pump directly to the circuit breaker but it would not come on

Anything else to add on?

 

[Offgrid]

Anything else to add on?

No I think that’s it

 

[sdeeter19555]

I have tried it but I can’t get the submersible pump to work trying to figure out why I need a pressure switch per other forums. I hope the 220 V pump directly to the circuit breaker but it would not come on

No pressure switch is required with a submersible, you probably want a float so it doesn't run dry though?

Is it a three or four wire pump? 220vac?

For the record, we direct wired submersible well pumps for well developing, no switch at all.

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[Offgrid]

No pressure switch is required with a submersible, you probably want a float so it doesn't run dry though?

Is it a three or four wire pump? 220vac?

For the record, we direct wired submersible well pumps for well developing, no switch at all.

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I direct wired it to a two pole 30 amp breaker but it doesn’t come on it has two wires plus the ground it is 220 V

 

[Offgrid]

Also the pump is brand new

I suppose it could be defective I don’t know how to test for that

 

[sdeeter19555]

I direct wired it to a two pole 30 amp breaker but it doesn’t come on it has two wires plus the ground it is 220 V

Sounds like a bad pump motor...should start no issue off a breaker. We ran ours from a generator...even our GWTP well pumps are on nothing but level sensors and relays for the most part.

Can you turn the pump/motor shaft, make sure it's not binding?

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[Offgrid]

It’s a sealed unit can’t spin it manually


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[The Cobbler]

do you have 240 across the double pole breaker?

 

[Offgrid]

do you have 240 across the double pole breaker?

Yes 2 pole 30 amp

 

[p_mori7]

You want to put the pump in the cistern ? The cistern is 1200' away from the house. You have a 240V outlet at the cistern ? Where is that power coming from ? The house ? What type of wire have you run that far ? Double-Check your voltage at the cistern.