hello all-
i recently bought another 20 acres to my off grid place. brings my total to 40acres. now it's time to start thinking about barbed wiring the place and drilling a well.
my neighbor drilled a well last year and drilled to 420' but hit water at 360' not sure exactly of his pump depth. he is about 1mile away, and on the other (south) side of the ridge. elevation is 4,000 ft. about 50 miles due east of mt adams, WA.
i run a 24v system, and have already realized a new inverter is in the works. i run a prosine 1800 now, but will probably upgrade to an outback 3500w pure sine unit in the near future. i have wind and solar feeding a 450Ah 24v bank. it rarely gets drawn down to even 24.2v.
i've already tossed the idea of having an on demand pump with 110v at those depths, but if anyone know of a solution let me know. there is the xantrax T240 transformer to run 240v pumps, but it isn't cheap, and has standby watt usage, and is another thing to keep after, and pay for.
i know that a grundfos SQflex will work at those depths. i could either power it from my inverter, or a few panels, or a genset. i could then pump it into lets say a 1000 gal storage tank, and use a small on demand pump (with pressure tank) for direct use.
problem is, those SQflex pumps are 1800 bucks!!! plus controller boxes if run direct from solar.
i'm just trying to wrap my mind around this whole scenario, and would very much appreciate any thoughts/wisdom/ideas/ect.
anyone own a deep well drilling rig near south/central washington? i'd make it worth your time!
adam