Hand-operated; for backup or as primary
We all know power outages are inconvenient. But they do more than shut off the TV and lights. If you're on an electrical well system, a power outage cuts off your water supply too.
That's when many turn to manual water pumps...
Simple Pump™ is a hand water pump that works as a reliable backup right beside your existing submersible well pump. It fits in the smallest well casings, making acquiring it for backup a low-cost proposition. So you can still drink clean water, take showers, and flush toilets — without electricity.
Simple Pump delivers up to 5 gallons per minute. All that is required to ensure water comes out of your household spigot at normal pressure is a check valve. That’s, a common type of valve that allows fluids to flow in one direction but closes automatically to block any fluid that tries to flow back — into the hand water pump in this case.
Some customers write us saying that they have measured water pressures exceeding 100 psi from our hand pump, so pumping at pressure for the typical home system of around 50 psi is a breeze.
It works just as effectively in shallow and deep wells. Of course, the lower the water level in a well, the greater the force required to pump it. We can’t change the laws of physics, but we have made Simple Pump easier to pump than any comparable hand pump at the same depth. (You can see a table of actual effort needed, here.)
With such strong water flow, use Simple Pump as a primary water pump system for non-electrical wells too.
Motorized Simple Pump
The super-efficient, low power draw Simple Pump can run off your household current - OR OFF A SINGLE SOLAR PANEL. For off-grid home and vacation properties, read more about our motorized pump, and about using it with a solar panel.
