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The standard position (set) for the Simple Pump Deep Well Hand Pump is 35 to 40 feet below your static water level. This will give you a substantial safety margin while striking a reasonable balance between security and cost. If you would like an even greater safety margin, we can add however many additional units you’d like.
Use our free Request a Quote tool to get an estimate and detailed configuration of the Simple Pump well pump system for your well specifications.
Yes, the Boshart well cap is a similar design to a well cap with a bump-out. The wiring comes out through the bump-out, and the Simple Pump is installed on the top of the well cap.
Please view our custom well caps on the Simple Pump website.
The largest component of the Simple Pump Deep well pump system is approximately 1.75″ OD. As a stand-alone application, the Simple Pump can be installed in a 2″ inside diameter well casing.
The Simple Pump can be installed in the great majority of wells of 4″ or larger alongside an existing submersible pump.
Simple Pump water pumps are Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) compliant. The pump assembly, pump head, pump cylinder, and check valves are all high-grade stainless steel. The pump rods are aerospace-quality fiberglass, made with resin certified for drinking water use and fused stainless steel ends.
All metal parts that come in contact with water are lead-free stainless steel. The drop pipe is Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), Schedule 80 which is the same material used for cold water is most houses. Finally, the pump's lever handle assembly is solid, aircraft-grade aluminum.
In most applications, the Simple Pump Deep Well Hand Pump will readily fit in your existing domestic well without removing or disrupting your existing pump and motor.
Some deeper submersible pumps were installed using “torque arrestors” or “center guides”. These fittings act to keep the discharge piping from the submersible pump in the center of the well and reduce the twisting effect, or torque, caused by the pump turning on and off. Only one torque arrestor is really needed at the bottom. However, sometimes guides may be installed further up the well.
Under normal applications, the Simple Pump drop pipe freely slides into the well casing. During your Simple Pump installation, if you have difficulty sliding the drop pipe into the well, there may be guides in place that the Simple Pump is hitting.
If you encounter this condition, carefully remove the Simple Pump assembly from the well casing and contact a qualified pump installer for assistance. Installation of the Simple Pump will require the removal of unnecessary guides.
The great majority of wells don’t have center guides. It is possible to remove enough guides to install the Simple Pump without affecting the performance of your submersible pump.
The Simple Pump pump assembly and its component parts are manufactured from lead-free materials and are Safe Drinking Water Act compliant. Simple Pump components are also in compliance with California Proposition 65 requirements.
Yes, when pumping air, the seals will become dry and start to wear. In the extreme, the piston could even start scratching into the precision-machined pump cylinder, rendering it, well, no longer precision-made.
If you are pumping and the water stops flowing, just stop and let the well fill back up.
The Simple Pump has working u-cup seals at various locations in the pump assembly. These are made of safe, durable rubber products. Unless your water is unusually gritty, these seals should last for many years.
One spare seal kit ships with the Simple Pump. Replacement u-cup seals can be purchased directly from Simple Pump.
Simple Pump parts are manufactured in high-end machine shops in the USA.
Mostly this is in our own machine shop with some components manufactured under our direction by specialty manufacturers. Computers operate machine tools directly, using the same instructions each time, ensuring the same cut every time. Even parts manufactured in different years always fit precisely.
With CNC machining, it is possible to manufacture a hand pump, and then, years later, confidently sell a motor to power that same pump. Because the screw locations and parts are located and sized so consistently, the motor can be installed on an existing system without any specialized knowledge, work reliably, and enjoy a long life.
Integral to the development of the Simple Pump was the investigation and choice of materials: choosing the best material for each part and purpose. Our research and understanding, our preoccupation with the materials and manufacturing processes, is the foundation of Simple Pump’s quality.
Our materials and our machining caused one client to write that the parts “look like they belong in an Indy car engine”.
All metal parts that make contact with water are lead-free stainless steel, manufactured to be compliant with the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Our well caps are aircraft-grade aluminum, machined from a billet rather than the more normal, and not as strong, casting process. The pump rods are high tensile fiberglass (with FDA approved resin) and stainless steel. The drop pipe is food-grade PVC. Due to materials, design, and consistent precision machining, the Simple Pump is smaller and yet stronger than other pumps — and can be used to a much greater depth.
Simple Pump has a well adapter mounting plate that bolts to the concrete, metal, or wood cover of a hand-dug well.
View our well adaptor mounting plate.