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Posted by Cindy on May 11, 2008, 10:33 pm
On May 11, 9:23=A0pm, gfretw...@aol.com wrote:
> On Sun, 11 May 2008 19:00:20 -0700 (PDT), Cindy
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> >Darling husband has been meaning to fix a leak in our well water
> >system. =A0The leak continues so I am now looking into how to repair the
> >leak. =A0The part leaking is on the pipe coming from the well - it has a
> >small knob on it - and is covered in rust. =A0I went to the local home
> >store with a photo - but they do not get into well systems much so
> >they could not help me.
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> >I think this is a pressure regulator or over pressure device.
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> >I have put up a photo of it at imageshack.us =A0[URL=3Dhttp://
> >img372.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3Dimg0606sc0.jpg][IMG]http://
> >img372.imageshack.us/img372/7523/img0606sc0.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
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> >Could someone identify what this is - so I can order in the correct
> >part?
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> >http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/7523/img0606sc0.th.jpg
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> >Thanks, Cindy
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> I can't really see much in that picture, too small, but my guess is it
> is a check valve. This looks like a shallow well with the pump above
> ground (1.5 or 2" casing?) You need a check valve to keep the pump
> primed.
> Since that whole casing is rusted out where that part is, you may be
> cutting it off and putting on some kind of compression fitting, then a
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This is a submersible pump & it is unknown how deep the well is.
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