Best pump for getting water from a creek
Anna did the bulk of the
research for our new
creek pump which led us to the local Home Depot.
They
had a good selection of small to medium pumps, but no 220 volt well
pumps. I went to the front desk where the guy was grumpy and shuffled
me to the Home and Bath department instead of letting me ask the simple
question "Can you order me a pump so I can come in next week to pick it
up?" There was only one person working at Home and Bath and she was
taking care of a customer. She was nice and said she would be
with me soon. She was having some computer trouble and called Mr Grumpy
front desk back to help her. The guy actually sneered at me when
he made eye contact. I'm sure that could be a misinterpretation on my
part and my body language was sending a message that I was getting
tired of waiting by the way I was standing there with my arms crossed,
and maybe some frustration was building when my wait went past the 20
minute point?
45 minutes after I entered
the store the lady was finally ready to walk over to the pumps to see
if she could help me. She confirmed that the pump was not in stock or
not in the back room and her solution was for me to order it on the
internet. I'm guessing the shipping on something this heavy is around
50 bucks or more and then you would have to turn around and pay that
again if there was a need to send it back. She offered to write down
the model number so I could take it with me. That's when I lost my cool
and calmly told her with a slight tinge of attitude "No thanks, I'll
just go to Lowe's down the street".
Lowe's had a variety of 220
volt well pumps to choose from. Our old one was a half horse power. I
decided to go up a notch to a 3/4 horsepower, which cost around 340
dollars when you factor in the connector parts.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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