On Sun, 04 Sep 2011 10:23:06 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

>On Sun, 04 Sep 2011 10:15:15 -0400, Ross@home wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:26:24 -0500, Sqwertz >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 07:34:57 -0500, George Leppla wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 9/2/2011 10:52 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>> He has his own propane tank, well water, and septic tank. Last ting
>>>>> he needs is a generator (which he may have).
>>>>
>>>> A well doesn't do you any good if you don't have electricity to run the
>>>> pump.
>>>>
>>>> If I were Sheldon living in a rural area like that, I would have a
>>>> generator.
>>>
>>>The people who had wells in my old neighborhood always had a hand
>>>operated option as well.
>>>
>>>-sw
>>
>>Hand pumps will only work to a depth of about 22 feet so they're only
>>good on shallow wells.
>>
>
>Not true-
>http://www.survivalunlimited.com/handwaterpumpdeep.htm
>
>350' is the claimed limit on that page-- Even adjusting that to 250-
>that covers most folks.
>

That's a pretty specialized pump setup. Far simpler, and judging by
the prices on that site, far cheaper to purchase a standby generator
and the necessary transfer switching.
Just my opinion.

Ross.