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carcrossguy
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# Posted: 21 Jan 2012 22:49
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This is the cabin Im buying. Is the blue thing a water pump? There is an old well on the property but I think it does not work. There are pipes going to creek. Does this pump mean the water is coming from a creek?
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Bzzzzzt
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# Posted: 21 Jan 2012 22:55
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It looks to me like an in-line cartridge type water filter
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MtnDon
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# Posted: 21 Jan 2012 22:57
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water filter for certain
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simon
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# Posted: 21 Jan 2012 23:15
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That's a filter.. With an extra filter on top of it.
Unscrew the blue thing. Filter is inside.
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turkeyhunter
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 08:37
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Quoting: simon That's a filter.. With an extra filter on top of it. Unscrew the blue thing. Filter is inside.
IN-LINE filter for sure..... ( for sediment etc)
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maine_island
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 16:42
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i think that is a "big blue" filter as seen here
http://www.bigbrandwater.com/bigbluesystems.html
you can buy many types of filter that fit inside. a spare simple paper filter for sediment seems to resting on top of it. but you can also buy slightly more expensive filters with other powers - such as a charcoal filter to eliminate sulfur (rotten egg) smell, other filters for iron (rust stains on white [porcelain) , etc.
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bobrok
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 17:21
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I use one just like this to filter lake water for use in kitchen and bathroom, all uses except for drinking (even washing dishes). I use a 1 micron rope filter vs. the paper filters and get much better service and longevity (filter costs maybe $16 USD I think). Paper filters are cheaper but they don't last as long. Ultimately if you have your water professionally tested they will recommend what type of filter would be best for you.
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mgc
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 19:30
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Best guess from the picture is to follow the steel pipe to get at the pump. Just a guess.
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Rob_O
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 19:41
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Quoting: carcrossguy There are pipes going to creek. Does this pump mean the water is coming from a creek?
My guess is "yes"
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Anonymous
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# Posted: 22 Jan 2012 22:01
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The pipe going to the creek is pvc so I guess that means the well is dead because the well is hundred years old. I dont really understand why a 200 ft deep well can die. I might pump filtered water down the well to restore it.
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Malamute
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# Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:20
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It could just mean the pump in the well quit working, not neccesairly that the well died.
May be a casing showing above ground somewhere, about a 6" or 8" pipe with a cap/cover, and perhaps a conduit with the wire in it going up into the cap. If it's 100 years old tho, no telling how it's covered, or how it had a pump in it.
Is the pipe from the creek all downhill? It may be set up as a gravity feed.
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