Submersible pump accessories: the fundamentals of pumped water systems.(Tech Topics)

From: National Driller | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: Pelikan, Robert | Copyright information

Submersible pump accessories are the plumbing and electrical components of a pumped water system that are particular to a submersible pump system vs. a jet pump system. For simplicity's sake, we will divide them into two categories--down-hole accessories and aboveground accessories. The down-hole accessories are check valves (which we talked about in the April article), torque arrestors, cable guards, drop pipe, pitless adapters, pump cable, splice kits, etc. We will cover the torqu...

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