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Water System – Infrastructure and methods for sourcing, distributing, and maintaining water supply for household or preparedness use.
What are we trying to accomplish when we talk about water in relation to being prepared for emergencies, disasters, and grid-down? Simple, we don’t want to become sick or die from dehydration or drinking impure.
Introduction – Okay, I’ve written a whole lot about our solar well and lightening problems; some here, some on a DIY solar website/forum. Bottom line…twice in 4 years we were hit with lightening transient voltage that blew up our control module for the solar powered well. Yeah, $600 for the first one $500 for the…
I am including the well box schematic below. Anyone’s input would be greatly appreciated…ANY! Yup, that means questions, concerns, issues, warnings, safety problems…and even compliment 😉 I am actually in the process of building the box right now…hurry, feedback needed. Thank you ! ( click image to enlarge ) Related Articles – Off-Grid Problems/Issues/Challenges…Part #1…
I really want to write a little series of articles that, when combined, show a couple points that bug the crap out of me. But…I’m really not sure on where to start. Let me touch on the general points first, then maybe a starting point will manifest. Points to Ponder –…
There are some jobs around the house I am not real crazy about…and not entirely motivated to do with a smile on my face. Changing/cleaning water filters is one of those jobs. Yes, yes, yes…I know it is important to keep the water clean and to keep us healthy…I just find it tedious. And since…
OK, I am a dummy! I was trying too hard and working too fast on a couple of posts…and I screwed up. The water system document that described the waster system for our place had to be updated. And I ended up updating it several times before I got it right. However, while I was…
On Saturday morning I did my annual filter maintenance. And while I did I realized I had made a change last time I did the maintenance I changed the filters, and the .5 (point 5) filter is no longer available. So I changed the “System Notes” in the Glamstead Water System PDF file.The changes reflect…
This is a companion article to the Our Solar Well Pump System. This is the system set-up at the house itself. It includes the filter system as well. It also shows the entire plumbing layout for the water delivery/filtration system. I hope you enjoy the information! < click here to download the entire Glamstead Water…