Lake Water Pipe Question

[MAXUM]

Originally Posted by rgilfert

Thanks Maxum!! The pipe going from my septic pump up to the leach field uses this type of fitting and I agree they are fantastic. I wanted to use them for our fresh water feed as well but I didn't know what they were called and couldn't find them via google on the internet. I'll definitely swap them out when I put the pipe back in the water this year (hopefully sometime next week!!).

BTW our fresh water pump is a jet pump like yours however it is installed under the cottage (20+ ft above the lake level) versus at the lakefront. Is there a reason that you put it there? I've noticed that most of my neighbors have their pump down by the lake as well.

Keeping the pump as close to the water as I could just seemed to make the most sense from an "engineering" standpoint. Less line to keep primed and less overhead for suction. These pumps have less trouble pushing water, but do on the suction side. So long as yours isn't having any problems I wouldn't move it.

Yeah those fittings are awesome no question and well worth the extra money to install them. Threading fittings to assemble or disassemble is just dumb when you can have a few strategically placed cam locks.