My pump drawn sprinkler system has a spigot for a garden hose. Can I use it to water my plants or wash my car, pressure wash my driveway, top off my pool, hose off the boat? I see this as a big money saving possibility. If so, how do I do it? For instance, do I run my sprinkler system in a certain zone and simply turn the handle on the spigot?
How to utilize the free water from the well drawn sprinkler pump
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does the spin on that impeller (at a high velocity) really create enough momentum to move water up seven or eight stories?
It doesn't have to create momentum as it isn't throwing water ballistically. It just has to create a small difference in pressure.
Note that you ask about circulating water, not pumping it up into a tank. The pump does not have to overcome the head of water because the water is in a sealed circuit that also returns downhill. The weight of the water in the down-pipe balances the weight of water in the up pipe.
The tank should be empty but with no air in the bladder the water may not have been pushed out. It sounds like your compressors not properly seating on the Schrader valve, I have filled pressure tanks with bicycle pumps in the past it takes a while but any pump should do the job if it has a standard valve stem adapter. Your observation that there is no pffft makes me think the supply side of that valve is not opening when attached to the tank.
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We would need more information about this "well" if it is a true ground water well of course you can do anything with it , I have a well we drink from and water the lawn and water the horses, if it is just a in ground water storage of rain water still filling the pool watering the lawn and washing the cars is fine but I would not drink or water livestock without having it checked surface ground water has lots of nastys that are filtered out in most wells but not in ground water recovery systems.