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Download water pump & irrigation pump & pump control manuals as well as water storage tank manuals in free PDF format.

Here we list and provide download links for installation, operation, & repair guides for various types of water pumps, tanks & controls used on wells & irrigation systems or for water pressure boosting systems.

This article series describes how to diagnose and repair all types of well water pump problems and includes questions and answers from and to homeowners who lost well water pressure. We outline how to diagnose and fix bad water pressure (and link to articles in greater depth).

We describe tracing a water pressure problem to the pump pressure control switch or to a bad water pressure tank (and what to do about it).

And we list common water quantity (run out of water) or flow (pressure) problems and solutions Page top illustration of a water pump, tank, controls & water well is used with permission of Carson Dunlop Associates, a Toronto home inspection, education & report writing tool company [ carsondunlop.com ].

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Water Tank, Pump & Irrigation Pump Installation, Operation, Repair Manuals, Contacts

Here are free PDF downloads and contact information for water pump, well pump, and irrigation pump manufacturers giving pump properties, selection guides, installation, operation, troubleshooting & repair guides.

These manuals by the pump manufacturers or suppliers are provided complete; we have compressed some large PDF files for faster loading - with no loss of image nor data quality.

Shown here: a series of Goulds residential water pumps. [Click to enlarge any image]

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Alphabetic Index to Water Pump & Water Tank Manuals by Brand

A  -  B  -  C  -  D  -  E  -  F  -  G  -  H  -  I  -  J  -  K  -  L  -  M  -  N  -  O  -  P  -  Q  -  R  -  S  -  T  -  U  -  V  -  W  -  X  -  Y  -  Z

Also see

A

Access Water Energy - Australia

Also:

Alton Pumps, UK

Amtrol Pumps & Tanks

A.O. Smith Water Tanks: PermaTank Water Tanks, Trident Water Tanks

AOS Water-Systems - PermaTank Water Tank Manuals

AOS Water-Systems - Trident Water Tank Manuals

Aquatec Pumps

Aurora Pumps

Aurora is a Pentair Brand

B

Berkeley Pumps

Berkley Jet Pumps are a Pentair Brand.

On 2020-05-17 - by (mod) - Berkley 5FN-L 0.5 hp 30-50psi pump can't reach above 32 psi

Sim

When the water pump runs on at a pressure below the CUT OUT or high setting on the pressure control switch, then the problem is probably one of the ones shown above on this page:

WATER PUMP WONT STOP RUNNING

From your description of reduced flow it sounds as if your well has a reduced flow rate

OR the pump impeller is clogged or damaged,

OR (if later you find the system losing prime) then there is a leak in well piping somewhere or a bad foot valve

On 2020-05-17 by simcoesam

Pump is Berkley 5FN-L 0.5 hp 30-50psi and about 20 yrs old but I am not hearing any strange noises from it, I have a holding tank not a well, pump will will reach 32 psi but will not go higher, I changed the switch but still same issue

so I unplugged the pump, drain all water from system, plug in pump and seem to have a really strong initial surge of water then at 30psi the sound changes , I do have water so I am assuming it means I have prime?,

If I turn on a tap i am not getting sputtering water just a reduced flow as pump only goes to about 30psi

so I am thinking no air being sucked in, if I unplug the pump over night I still have about 30 psi of pressure next morning so I am assuming that means no leaks in piping and foot valve is good? May need cleaning? Thank you

Also

Blue Angel Pumps - sump, effluent, seweage, well & lawn pumps

Brady Products - Air volume controls, well screens, check valves, foot valves

Burks Pumps - end suction pumps & turbine pumps

BettaFlow Pumps

British Pump Manufacturers Association

BurCam Pumps

C

Coming:

Charge N' Flow Portable pump kits

ChemFlo end suction centrifugal pumps - stainless steel

Conery float switches & pump basin accessories

Crane Pumps

D

Davey Pumps, Australia, New Zealand, USA, France

Davey is Australia and New Zealand's international water products company. Davey Water Products designs, builds and sells products for transfer, conservation, treatment and filtration of water.

Dayton Pumps

Duro Pumps

Also

Drainosaur Water Removal Systems

E

EcoCirc Pumps

EcoFlow Pumps & Tanks

F

Fairbanks Morse & Fairbanks Well Pumps, Manuals

Flexcon Industries

Flex-Lite fiberglass well tank with a butyl internal bladder or diaphragm cited & discussed at InspectApedia.com

Above, Flexcon's Flex-Lite well tank, described by the company as:

The Flex-Lite FL series' improved CAD2 diaphragm design is stronger and won't crease and wear out like bag designs. Flex-Lite well tanks features a chlorine resistant 100% butyl diaphragm with a precision molded copolymer polypropylene lower water chamber for superior air and water separation. - Flexcon cited below, 2021/08/06 

Flojak Pumps

Flojet Pumps

FloJet water pump at InspectApedia.com

Flotec Pumps

Flotec 1-line Jet Pump cited & discussed at InspectApedia.com

Flotec is a Pentair Brand

Flotec pump wiring color conventions cited at InspectApedia.com ...

Above and below: examples of Flotec pump wiring color codes and connections, excerpted from the manuals above.

Flotec pump wiring color conventions cited at InspectApedia.com

Franklin Electric Water Pumps

Fristam Pumps

Also:

Flint and Walling division of Zoeller Pumps also see King Pumps

Flomax Self priming centrifugal pumps - industrial, agricultural applications.

G

Global Water Solutions Pressure Tank Manuals

Goulds Pump Manuals & Guides

Goulds shallow well 1-line jet pump - cited & discussed at InspectApedia.com

Grove Electric Pump Manuals & Guides

Gorman-Rupp Pumps

 

Grundfos Scala Water Pump Manuals, Features, Warranty - Bombas, Guias por SCALA2

Details about the Scala pump series including manuals, troubleshooting procedures, repairs, field failure reports, and company contact information are now found

at GRUNDFOS SCALA 2 PUMP GUIDE & MANUALS

 

H

Also:

Heller Aller Company, Napoleon, OH, produced deep-well windmills and handpumps, 1886 - 1995, purchased by Hitzer in 1995. Heller Aller hand pump still in production.

Honda - engine driven water pumps - agricultural & emergency use

Hydrotronic Controls - automatic operation of pressure boosting pumps & similar applications.

Hydromatic Pumps

Hydromatic Pumps is a Pentair Brand

Hydrovar Pumps

Hypro Pumps

HyproPumps is also a Pentair Brand

I

Also:
Irrigator pumps - see Gould Pumps

J

Also:

Jabsco Pumps: hand diaphragm bilge pumps - owned by Xylem

K

L

Lancaster Water Pumps

Liberty Pumps

Leader Submersible Pumps

Little Giant Pumps

Lowara Pumps

3HME07S Variable Speed Pressure System as sold by Just Water Pumps, an Australian distributor - cited & discussed at InspectApedia.com

Illustration: Lowara 3HME07S Variable Speed Pressure System pump - Australian distributor


M

Matercalf Pumps

Matercraft one line jet pump shown above [citation needed]

McDonald Pumps

Myers Pumps

Myers Pumps is now a Pentair Brand

Also:

MP Pumps: end suction centrifugal pumps - founded 1884, now a subsidiary of Techumseh Products Co. (since 1975)

MTH Pumps - commercial, industrial pumps

N

National Pump Company

O

Also:

Oasis Pumps: shallow well hand pumps, pitcher pumps

Oberdorfer Pumps, subsidiary of Thomas Industries, gear & belt driven pumps, industrial, automotaive

P

Pearl Submersible Well Pumps

Also:

Pacer Pumps: gasoline engine driven pumps

Pony Pumps - see Little Giant Pumps

Pedrollo Water Pumps

Pedrollo water pump cited & discussed at InspectApedia.com

Pentair Water Tanks & Pumps & Pentair Manuals

Pentek Pumps

Pentek is a Pentair brand.

PermaTank water tanks

Pumping Solutions UK

Q

R

Red Lion Pumps

Red Lion convertible jet pump shown in 2-line set-up - InspectApedia.com

Photo: convertible jet pump: Red Lion RJC-100

RPS Solar Pumps

Also:

RainPerfect pump & solar panel for rain barrel water distribution. RainBarrell is an ITT company

Ranger 4" high-flow submersible well pumps are produced by Myer Pumps -see Myers.

Rule Pumps - submersible or 120V manual or automatic bilge pumps

Rustler 4" submersible well pumps are also produced by Myer PUmps - See Myers on this page.

S

Sears / Sears & Roebuck / Craftsman Jet Pumps

These Sears well pumps are in order by model number; note that some but not all can be converted between 2-line deep well service adn 1-line shallow-well service.

Shakti Pumps, India

Shimge Pumps, China

ShurFlo Pumps

Shurflo is a Pentair Brand

Shurwood Pumps

Shurwood is also a Pentair brand

Simer Pumps

Simer is also a Pentair brand

Speroni Electric Jet Pumps

Square D Pump Controls

Also see

Star Water Systems Pumps

Sta-Rite Industries Jet Pumps

Sta-Rite Industries Jet Pumps, are a Pentair brand.

Sta-Rite SNE-L Convertible Jet Pump cited & discussed at InspectApedia.com

Illustration: The Sta-Rite SLE-L Series Pro-Jet Convertible Jet Pump capable of providing water from either a shallow or a deep well depending on how the pump is set-up and which front-end is used.

[Click to enlarge any image]

On 2020-05-22 - by (mod) - SNE L 1hp water pump by Sta-Rite

Sta-Rite shallow well SNE-L jet pump cited & discussed at InspectApedia.comCarlos

It sounds like you're discussing the circumstance that we're attempting to diagnose and repair with the advice above on this page.

The SNE-L- shown right here - is a Sta-Rite Shallow-well Jet Pump produced by St-Rite Industries and, depending on water lift height, is capable of delivering a maximum of 13.7 gpm. The factory pressure switch settings are 30/50, that is CUT-IN at 30 psi and CUT-OUT at 50 psi.

Illustration: Sta-Rite shallow-well jet pump.

The SLE-L also above with our list of manuals is a different pump: the SLE is a convertible pump that can be set-up to pump from either a shallow well or a deep well. the deep-well version will use a two-line jet pump design.

The shallow well SNE-pump is used with shallow water sources up to 25 ft. of lift, such as driven point wells, shallow drilled or dug wells, or surface water sources. This pump can be used also as an in-house pressure-booster pump.

Please first check for something obvious like a leak or a debris-clogged pump impeller,

then take a look through the common causes of a pump that is unable to reach the cut-off pressure found

at WATER PUMP WONT STOP RUNNING

Let me know what you think and we will take it from there.

Pentair's Sta-Rite jet pump capacity in gallons per minute or liters per minute varies per feet of head (the total vertical lift the pump must handle) as shown in the chart below, courtesy of Pentair cited above. The SXX lines on the chart are for various Pentair Sta-Rite Pump models.

Pentair Sta-Rite jet pump flow capacity chart for SNC SND SNE SNF pump models cited & discussed at InspectApedia.com

Really? This chart is confusing in that a typical shallow well 1 line jet pump can not lift water more than about 25 ft. See the Pentair Sta-Rite manual above for details.

On 2020-05-22 by Carlos

Pump is an SNE L 1hp. Well is 130 ft. Never had this problem. Pump won't shut off at cut off setting.

Pressure from running pump does not exceed 43 psi. New pump, new pressure switch set at 30/50.

Tank at 28 psi. Replaced pvc from well head all the way to pump. Did not replace check valve near well head because I tested pressurized system for 4 days and the pressure held. At wits end. Help.

Strataflo Products, Inc.

Symcom Pump Saver Controls

PumpSaver SymCom Accessories and manuals - we include all available revisions and manuals so that you can find the exact match for your specific PumpSaver control:

Also:

SuperMax is a commercial-grade swimming pool pump produced by Sta-Rite Pumps. - see Sta-Rite on this page

SuperBrute is a Grundfos circulating pump - see Grundfos on this page

T

Temco Water Pumps

Treadle Pumps

Trident Water Tanks

TP Pumps UK

TQ Pumps

Tsurumi Pump Co.

TT Pumps Ltd. UK

Coming:

Topp

U

V

Valco Pumps

W

Water Ace Pump Company Manuals

Water Group Pumps & Manuals

Water Systems Well Tank Manuals

WaterSystems Well System Tank Manuals

WellMate pumps & WellMate Water Tanks / Well Tanks

Wellmate is a Pentair brand

Well Rite

Well X Trol tanks

Wessels Co. Water Tank & Tank Bladders - Westank

White International

Also:

Water Wizard is a sump pump from Little Giant Pumps.

X

Y

Z

Zoeller Pump Manuals & Contact Information

Zimlet Manuals & Contact Information

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On 2020-03-29 - by (mod) -

Godfrey

Watch out: if your pressure relief valve on a water pump system was leaking and you ignore it the danger is that an over-pressure condition blows up the pressure tank killing or injuring anybody nearby. That actually happened, killing a plumber in New Paltz, NY so I'm no making this up.

About joining a red and black wire, sorry but I don't know what wires or what control are involved nor what you're doing, but that too may be dangerous.

On 2020-03-29 by Godfrey

Hello I have a problem with my pressure relief valve so I decided to bypass it by joining the red and the black wire

Reader comments:

(Nov 22, 2014) Anonymous said:
A knowledge full article which clearly explain answers of many questions in mind.

Question: how do I find the well?

(Apr 13, 2015) carlos trujillo said:
Can someone can tell me how i can find the well ,i did buy this house in 2005 never ask to the previus owner , and i hava no idea how to find the well pump ..thank you

Reply:

Carlos,

See

WELL LOCATION, HOW TO FIND

For advice on how to find the well

Question: why does my lake water pump no longer deliver water?

(May 13, 2015) Brenda said:
What would be the problem when the pump is not pulling water from the lake and there isn't any pressure?

Reply:

Electrical power to the pump is off
Failed pump motor

failed pump control
pump disconnected
pump intake screen clogged
piping leaky or disconnected enroute

See WATER PRESSURE PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS TABLE for a complete and easy-to-read catalog of possible explanations for loss of water pressure or well pump problems.

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  • Thanks to reader EK Woodard, Boise State University, Boise ID, for assistance in diagnosing poor water pressure following an electrical power loss.
  • Pumptrol® Pressure Switch Adjustment, Square D, Schneider Electric Corporation, 8001 Knightdale Blvd., Knightdale< NC 27545 1-888-778-2733 - Square D Technical Library, web search 07/24/2010 original source: http://ecatalog.squared.com/techlib/docdetail.cfm?oid=09008926800a93be
  • 9013 Pumptrol® Commercial Pressure Switches Type F and 9013 Commercial Pressure Switches Type G, Catalog, SquareD, Schneider Electric Industries SAS, Schneider Electric Industries SAS, web search 02/23/2011, original source: http://ecatalog.squared.com/pubs/Machine Control/
    Pressure-Float-Vacuum Switches/Pressure Switches-Water and Air/9013CT9701.pdf
    Square D is a brand of Schneider Electric.
  • Class 9013 Square D Commercial Pressure Switches: Water Pump Pressure Control Switch Class 9013, Type F, G, Manual, Square D Company, 8001 Highway 64 East, Knightdale, NC 27545-9023, USA, (919) 266-3671, www.squared.com, web search 02/24/2011, original source: stevenengineering.com/tech_support/PDFs/45COM.pdf. Quoting:

    The Type FSG, FYG, FRG - PUMPTROL® Water Pump Pressure Switches are used to control Water Pump Pressure Switches are used to control
    electrically driven water pumps and have the following features:
    • The Type FSG is the standard water pump switch, suitable for all types of pumps: jets, submersible,
      reciprocating, etc.
    • The Type FYG is designed to meet higher horsepower and pressure requirements.
    • The Type FRG is reverse acting: the contacts open on falling pressure.
      All are diaphragm actuated.
    The Type G - PUMPTROL® Commercial/Light Industrial Pressure Switch is used to control electrically driven water pumps and air compressors. It has higher electrical ratings for direct control of motors in pump and compressor applications. The Type G switch is diaphragm actuated and has contacts that open on rising pressure.
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