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Reply to: Rural preparing – manual well pump backup? Posted February 15, 2021

Appreciate the hindsight, Juna! It’s so great to hear how others have tackled this problem.

Reply to: Rural preparing – manual well pump backup? Posted February 11, 2021

Redneck and John, thank you! That kit list is perfect, thank you for sharing. Off-topic: John, thanks for all you’ve done with the site and community! The Prepared has really helped me and the Mrs. rationally dip our toes into the preparedness/readiness waters without feeling paranoid or doomsday-ish. Keep up the great work!

Reply to: Rural preparing – manual well pump backup? Posted February 11, 2021

Never discount the cost-effectiveness of good ol’ fashioned physics, right? 🙂

Reply to: Rural preparing – manual well pump backup? Posted February 11, 2021

Bill and Redneck, great points. Hadn’t thought of more mechanical (or low voltage) options that could still meet our needs without the need to go out and manually pump every time. The Water Boy looks interesting also as an ultra low-tech option.

Reply to: Rural preparing – manual well pump backup? Posted February 11, 2021

I hadn’t heard of that one before; I’ll check out the Flojak. I’d be curious on the difference between a Flojak and the Bison option I was initially looking at.

Reply to: Rural preparing – manual well pump backup? Posted February 11, 2021

Thanks for jumping in. Yeah, I suppose it definitely makes sense as a fail-safe. I mean, would it be prudent to build redundancies, but then I suppose it’s the cost-benefit discussion. I like the idea of a switch to quickly go between electric and manual.

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Posted February 10, 2021

Reply to: Rural preparing – manual well pump backup? Posted February 15, 2021

Appreciate the hindsight, Juna! It’s so great to hear how others have tackled this problem.

Reply to: Rural preparing – manual well pump backup? Posted February 11, 2021

Redneck and John, thank you! That kit list is perfect, thank you for sharing. Off-topic: John, thanks for all you’ve done with the site and community! The Prepared has really helped me and the Mrs. rationally dip our toes into the preparedness/readiness waters without feeling paranoid or doomsday-ish. Keep up the great work!

Reply to: Rural preparing – manual well pump backup? Posted February 11, 2021

Never discount the cost-effectiveness of good ol’ fashioned physics, right? 🙂

Reply to: Rural preparing – manual well pump backup? Posted February 11, 2021

Bill and Redneck, great points. Hadn’t thought of more mechanical (or low voltage) options that could still meet our needs without the need to go out and manually pump every time. The Water Boy looks interesting also as an ultra low-tech option.

Reply to: Rural preparing – manual well pump backup? Posted February 11, 2021

I hadn’t heard of that one before; I’ll check out the Flojak. I’d be curious on the difference between a Flojak and the Bison option I was initially looking at.

Reply to: Rural preparing – manual well pump backup? Posted February 11, 2021

Thanks for jumping in. Yeah, I suppose it definitely makes sense as a fail-safe. I mean, would it be prudent to build redundancies, but then I suppose it’s the cost-benefit discussion. I like the idea of a switch to quickly go between electric and manual.