Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Could use some tips on debugging Lake Water pump

mswlogo · 11-05-2020, 08:14 PM

Lots of fantastic ideas.

This is hopefully, just temporary to get to end of season.
With this weeks weather I’m so glad I didn’t close yet. What a week.

If for some reason I need to run the lake water next summer I’ll apply some of the mods suggested.

I got a new foot valve, 10” feet of tubing, a few unions and clamps.

I hope to avoid going in the water

I do have a wet suite and booties. But that might not cut it.

I have an old percolator I’m gonna use for hot dipping the tubing.

One thing I did on my prior pump was I did put a back flow valve near the pump but I replaced an elbow (on the lake side of the added back flow) with a T and a Valve off that new tap so I could still prime the line. Worked pretty good. But I didn’t want to get into adding all that.

11-05-2020, 08:14 PM	#10
mswlogo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 660 Thanks: 196 Thanked 222 Times in 143 Posts	Lots of fantastic ideas. This is hopefully, just temporary to get to end of season. With this weeks weather I’m so glad I didn’t close yet. What a week. If for some reason I need to run the lake water next summer I’ll apply some of the mods suggested. I got a new foot valve, 10” feet of tubing, a few unions and clamps. I hope to avoid going in the water I do have a wet suite and booties. But that might not cut it. I have an old percolator I’m gonna use for hot dipping the tubing. One thing I did on my prior pump was I did put a back flow valve near the pump but I replaced an elbow (on the lake side of the added back flow) with a T and a Valve off that new tap so I could still prime the line. Worked pretty good. But I didn’t want to get into adding all that.