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Do you have the room to add in a large well water tank (like 80 to 120 gallon well pressurized water tank or perhaps 2) and then put a Pumptec on the well pump? The Pumptec will protect your well pump from burning up if the well goes dry and the 2 extra pressurized water tanks will hold about 70 gallons of usable water. The other option is to install a 1,000 or large septic tank, knock out the baffle in the tank and install a float switch system and pump to pump from the septic tank. The septic tank should be sterilized and caulked up sealed. I am working on this very project but will be using an extra 80 gallon pressurized water tank in the system of 2 wells and 2 20 gallon pressure tanks to give me a little extra surge capacity. With 3 daughters and a wife, running out of water can be a chinese fire drill I don't care to encounter often. ;O)
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I have not heard of a Coyote water system. Is it similar to this? 1700 gallons should definitely keep you in plenty of water.
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This is the pump protection unit I have on both of my wells. They allow you to pull the maximum amount of water out of the well while protecting the pump in the event it runs dry. I have the reset/well recharge time set for 90 minutes. Franklin makes very good equipment and the Pumptec is well built as well. I have been using both of my units for almost 2 years now.
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Ooooooooooooh yeeeeeeeeeeeeees! The ol'e head full of shampoo or all soaped up scenario when the water runs out. ;O) Been there and done that a few times. Even gets better after the morning coffee, paper reading, "constitutional" and the water runs out. We now keep a few gallon jugs of water for such contingencies.
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The installation was really easy. I installed both of them myself. All you need is basic tools and enough wire to place and wire the Pumptec unit in between pump pressure switch and the pump. You can get a low pressure pump switch but then you have to manually reset the low pressure pump switch each time it trips. The Pumptec will reset itself after the reset time you program it for.
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EW has a good point. A larger or even multiple bladder tanks can make a big difference. Most bladder tanks have the ability to hold about 1/3 of their total volume as usable water that the bladder can push out.
You may have to do some "shower training" with the family members. ;O) It didn't take long for the girls to learn that a short or cold shower is waaaaaaay better than no shower at all. They do pretty good now and can take a shower with 20 gallons or less.
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