Similar to getting an IV in the hospital I guess . If your not in a good vein of water you will end up sucking air. You want to be in the middle of that water layer. Not the top, not the bottom. The only way to test is by adding water to know for sure.

So to prime the pump there should be a nut on the top of your pump to add water. It's built into your pump. Also once you have water flow the check valve that you install in your pipes will help keep the pump primed. Check out my first sand point well video for more info on check valves

TY 4 the reply & info.

I disconnect in the winter and drain the pump since I only use it to water the garden and grass. Most people build a little hut, insulate the walls and toss in a heat lamp.

I've done a few of these now and I've only had that problem once, and that's when I used a drive "cap." You could try using thread tape and thread paste together. A few plumbers I know use both together all the time on everything. Also make sure to fully tighten with two pipe wrenches. Key word pipe wrench. But yes I used a sledgehammer when it gets about two feet above ground. Than I add another section of pipe and use the "pounder" again until I hit dirt, than again switch back to sledgehammer. Could be that your just not hitting it square everytime when using the sledge, (I wouldn't be able to either).

Yup, toss some pipe dope on there and tighten the hell out of it.

My basement is ground level. So only 14 feet

The one watching the video…..I.E. you and I. But ATLEAST we’re watching something relevant to the real world. Instead of fake videos pretending to give people money.

@@taylorjohnson2455 I must have been on one that night. What I typed there was asshole levels of who-the-fuck-cares. I actually talked about this video with friends just two days ago, it's great info.

I know this is an old post. Assuming you have a Skidoo of the mid-90s, if you have electric start, you have the regulator/rectifier combo. The red/blue wire coming off the rectifier goes directly to pin 4 on your ignition switch. Pin 4 and 7 on your ignition have the same potential when the key is in the 'on' position. Pin 7 should have a larger solid red wire that also has a fuse on it, and that red wire continues down to where your battery is. Your battery should have two red wires on it, one that we discussed (goes to pin 7 on your ignition switch) and the other red cable (bigger) goes to your starter. Disconnect all red (positive) wires from your battery. Next, turn on your switch and measure with a multimeter the red/blue wire on your regulator/rectifier and the smaller of the two red wires at (but now disconnected from the battery) you should get 0 ohms resistance, as in, there should be no impedance from from the regulator/rectifier all the way to the smaller of the two wires on your battery. Assuming that went as planned, you have continuity. Reconnect your battery. The next step assumes you have reverse. If so, start your sled. The electric start models send DC voltage from the rectifier to the reverse alarm via the ignition switch when the sled is running. Why? I have no idea. AC is everywhere else, but they wanted DC here. The same engineers that made this circuit had to be the same jokers that engineered the YJ model Jeeps. With the sled started, engage the reverse--alarm should beep and that means you have some voltage coming out of your rectifier. Is it the correct voltage? Maybe. You can measure your voltage at the alarm switch, should be north of 12VDC on the yellow lead. Yellow on a Skidonkey is usually AC except here. It should be DC. If less than 12vdc, or if you do not have reverse, you're going to need to check voltage at the red wire coming out of the regulator/rectifier plug. Its the only red wire on the connector down stream from the rectifier/regulator among a sea of yellow wires. If you have less than 12VDC there, then your rectifier is likely bad. Not likely, it is bad. You need more than 12VDC to charge your battery. Hope that helps, good luck if still needed.

None yet, and the one I put in the basement has been good for I believe two years now.

Yes sir

@@Raceblizzard do you use a pressure tank

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I was going too but 15 feet didn't take me that long. Wasn't worth the 45min drive plus rental fee. But yes those do work good for pounding!

Sure no problem, I'll go buy a tripod, maybe a 4k camera, maybe even hire a director for my next KZbin video. 🙄

@@Raceblizzard lol

Just had to move the point from one end of the basement to the other. And than move the waterlines and pressure tank. Wasn't too bad.

I've never done it so I have no clue. Sorry!

No, I don't see how that would be possible. However you cannot pound a point well in your basement if you do not have a walkout basement. In other words if you can't walk outside from your basement you can't have a point well. If you plan on living there for years I'd say go for it. But if you plan on selling you better not. Most insurance companies will not insure a house with a point well with no walkout. You will end up paying for a drilled well when you sell.

​@@Raceblizzard Thank you

@@Tom-pe3zf You would have to ask your insurance company. Where I live it's not allowed because the pump will never shut off if a pipe breaks. Basement would be completely flooded, well until the pump fries itself from being under water.

@@Tom-pe3zf it's hooked up to a pressure tank, so if there is not any back pressure the water will continue to run until it knows it's pressurized, which in this case would be never if a pipe breaks.

@@Tom-pe3zf here's the thing. Go ahead and do it, but know that when you go to sell your house you'll probably have to get rid of it and have someone drill a traditional well.

You don't have too, you just need to have the pump primed. Meaning make sure you add water to inside the actual pump. You have have to do this a few times, but after that you will never lose pressure.

@@Raceblizzard I know that, but you said "little cap in case I need to pour water in here whatever." Pouring water on top of a check valve will do nothing. To prime the well shaft you would need to put the T and cap below the check valve.

@@uneektalent You can pop the cap off to add water to the pump to prime it.

@@Raceblizzard That doesn't help get the air out of the well shaft. That's like spraying starter fluid in the carburetor while having an empty fuel line.

@@uneektalent well I've never had a problem, so if you got a different way that works than congrats!

It was alot of fun breaking up that concrete. I can't put it outside because we get -25 degree weather in the winter. Keep in mind in most places you cannot drive a point in the basement unless you have a walk out basement.

@@Raceblizzard im not knocking it! makes sense and its nice to see someone who understands you dont need dowsing rods to find the water table. lol. But why no point well unless walk out basement? Flooding hazard or something? you got me curious on that one.

@@DieselRamcharger yah insurance companies don't like it. The last house I bought we had to pay for a drilled well outside because we didn't have a walk out basement.

@@Raceblizzard makes sense....i guess? would be kinda bad ass to turn your basement into a big ass hot tub. the well water around here comes out at 107 degrees. lol. damnit.

@@DieselRamcharger holy cow! That's hot!

Water is really good, I had it tested and it tastes great. And it hasn't gone dry and it shouldn't since I found a good vein.

stator or voltage regulator

@@Raceblizzard so your sled can still run if voltage regulator is bad? I thought it was just a bad head light but checked bulbs they where fine but no lights what so ever

Check for voltage on the back of your dimmer switch, should be getting 12-14 volts (could be ac or dc depending on your sled.) No voltage there, check the voltage coming out of the regulator. If bad there, then you need a regulator. If you have voltage there, then check continuity from the dimmer switch all the way to your lights.

My headlights kept burning out and my speedometer wasn't working

Did you every figure out why your sled wasn't getting spark? Same problem..

you sneaky bastard. driving a sand point so you can say there is a well on the property. love it! and hate it. lol.

Unlikely. The magneto sends AC to the regulator/rectifier. Check the ignition switch. Check your emergency switch.