CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
HAHAHA Great show Al.... Hope ya get to hold a beer while ya at it 
Well sand
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Jonseredbred
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How long will it take for the well to settle out so you can use it again??
Al Smith
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I could most likely use it now . The cloudy stuff is the last to come up on each blow cycle so I assume it's on the bottom .
I blow it a series of three times then let the flow recover .I'll bet just today I've blown out a couple thousand gallons of water .The day isn't over yet either . I'll keep it up every half hour or so untl about 5 PM .Then it's time to enjoy my patio which at moment is rather damp,to say the least .
If all ths doesn't work I'll buy the sand seperator which will set me back about700 or about the price of a good well pump .
It's always something but then it does keep life interesting .
I blow it a series of three times then let the flow recover .I'll bet just today I've blown out a couple thousand gallons of water .The day isn't over yet either .
I'll keep it up every half hour or so untl about 5 PM .Then it's time to enjoy my patio which at moment is rather damp,to say the least .If all ths doesn't work I'll buy the sand seperator which will set me back about700 or about the price of a good well pump .
It's always something but then it does keep life interesting .
Al Smith
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Well all things must end and thus close this chapter of Al the water well man .
I have to return the compresser in the morning .Not bad 47 bucks,compresser,90 pound jack hammer and 250 foot of hose .I can't afford to own one that cheap no more than I use one .
I have to put gas in it but a Ford 302 running on 4 and compressing on 4 can't drink much more than a gal or so an hour ,big deal .
More to come if this doesn't fix the problem and I'll be pizzed if it doesn't .
I have to return the compresser in the morning .Not bad 47 bucks,compresser,90 pound jack hammer and 250 foot of hose .I can't afford to own one that cheap no more than I use one .
I have to put gas in it but a Ford 302 running on 4 and compressing on 4 can't drink much more than a gal or so an hour ,big deal .
More to come if this doesn't fix the problem and I'll be pizzed if it doesn't .
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
Good luck!
lumberjack
Young man on the go
Is that how the compressor worked, Al? A 302 running half and compressing with the other half?
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olyman
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yup--seen em--they also did it with a 300 six, and i even seen a 4 cyl one. that couldnt have pushed much ,tho!!!!
Al Smith
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I'll have to look at the distributer but I believe that 302 was half and half .
Ford has been making engine/compressers since the days of the model a's .
When they still made the 460's I used to see maybe 20 in a row go down the assembley lines followed by maybe 50 natural gas engines for Onan generaters .Then maybe 100 marine engines rated at 300 marine horse power .Thirsty rascals,22 gallon of gas per hour .
There were all kinds of specialy engines the general public knew nothing about .It would take the rest of this page just to list the ones I know about .
Ford has been making engine/compressers since the days of the model a's .
When they still made the 460's I used to see maybe 20 in a row go down the assembley lines followed by maybe 50 natural gas engines for Onan generaters .Then maybe 100 marine engines rated at 300 marine horse power .Thirsty rascals,22 gallon of gas per hour .
There were all kinds of specialy engines the general public knew nothing about .It would take the rest of this page just to list the ones I know about .
Al Smith
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I invesigated that contraction before I returned just a short time ago .
It does in fact use four cylinders for power and four to compress .At around 150 cu inch displacement of half the engine that would equate to around 8-10 engines revolutions per cubic foot of air and around 1000-1200 rpm running speed for 100 cfm at a tad over 100 psi on a steady blow ..It didn't run much above idle .
The carb on that thing was smaller than the one on my 18 HP lawnmower engines which would be the reason they don't use much fuel .I figured around 30-40 HP or less to compress that volume of air . It came out to about what I figured,a tad over a gallon per hour .
It of course could produce more air if the engine was speeded up but these things are made for the long haul and they aren't ran any harder than is neccessary .
It does in fact use four cylinders for power and four to compress .At around 150 cu inch displacement of half the engine that would equate to around 8-10 engines revolutions per cubic foot of air and around 1000-1200 rpm running speed for 100 cfm at a tad over 100 psi on a steady blow ..It didn't run much above idle .
The carb on that thing was smaller than the one on my 18 HP lawnmower engines which would be the reason they don't use much fuel .I figured around 30-40 HP or less to compress that volume of air . It came out to about what I figured,a tad over a gallon per hour .
It of course could produce more air if the engine was speeded up but these things are made for the long haul and they aren't ran any harder than is neccessary .
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olyman
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how did your backblow work???? good--bad???
Al Smith
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So far so good .I haven't hooked it back up to the geothermal unit because I need to replumb the lines to add some more safety controls .
This time of the year I don't need much cooling and won't need heat until last of Oct so I have some time yet .Heat maybe until late Nov early Dec then most of it is by the wood burner until mid March .
It's got to get down to about 20 degrees with the wood burner because it puts out so much heat it's too hard to regulate the temperture otherwise .
Else you have two old folks running around in their skivies if you can ponder that thought .
This time of the year I don't need much cooling and won't need heat until last of Oct so I have some time yet .Heat maybe until late Nov early Dec then most of it is by the wood burner until mid March .
It's got to get down to about 20 degrees with the wood burner because it puts out so much heat it's too hard to regulate the temperture otherwise .
Else you have two old folks running around in their skivies if you can ponder that thought .
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olyman
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Else you have two old folks running around in their skivies if you can ponder that thought .[/QUOTE]
mind boggling!!!!
[/QUOTE]mind boggling!!!!
