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Solar Submersible Well Pump With Hand Pump Backup: One Well, Two Ways to Get Water
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Thinking about a solar submersible well pump? Here is how to get automated solar water every day and keep a hand pump backup in the same well, with no valve to switch and no second well to drill.
By Steve SchmidJune 5, 2026
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How the Simple Pump Inline Dual-Pump Valve Assembly Works
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For years, if you wanted automated pumping on a Simple Pump, you had the LBLD motor. The LBLD worked well, but you could only use one mode at a time. The Inline Dual-Pump Valve Assembly changes that. Solar submersible pumping and manual hand pumping now work at the same time, in the same well, through the same drop pipe.
By Steve SchmidMarch 20, 2026
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5 Reasons the Inline Manual-Solar System Is a Better Answer Than the Alternatives
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If you want automated water pumping and a dependable manual backup from the same well, you've got options. The LBLD motor. A grid-powered electric submersible. Generator-backed setups. A hand pump on its own. Here's why the Inline Manual-Solar system changes the math.
By Steve SchmidMarch 20, 2026
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Simple Pump Is Now an Authorized WORKHORSE Pumps Distributor
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Simple Pump is now an authorized distributor for WORKHORSE Pumps Narrow Series solar submersibles. Combined with our new Inline Dual-Pump Valve Assembly, this gives us the Simple Pump Inline Manual-Solar Well Pump System. It replaces our LBLD motor with something we couldn't offer before: automated solar pumping and manual hand pumping that both work at the same time.
By Steve SchmidMarch 20, 2026
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