On Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:10:48 -0400, Ross@home wrote:

>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.

You can do it without a transfer switch if you know what you're doing.
I've got a family member who lives in an area with very unreliable
power. I set it up to backfeed the house and put directions on the
panels and the backfeed plug. He's used it for years with no
problems. It ran the well, fridge, and a few lights just fine. The
total cost was about 550 bucks.

Lou