Putting in a DIY shallow well at the OFF GRID property

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     As I have mentioned in previous blog posts this is raw land. So one of the very first orders of business is to put in a well. Thanks to the internet I have been able to get ideas and learn what it takes and I hope to pass along some of that new found knowledge to you good folks. 

    The one I have decided on installing is something called a sandpoint well . And the gist of it is that you drive a series of pipe in the ground by whatever means you have at your disposal, either a sledge hammer or t post driver. I myself am going to choose the t post driver seeing how I own both a manual and gas powered post driver. 

    Once you drive all the pipe necessary to reach the water table you then install either a hand pump ( pitcher pump ) .click here for more info on pitcher pump. The other option is to use an electric pump and build a solar system in which to power the pump. 

a.co/d/4MJtR76">click here for ideas on an electric shallow well pump. Essentially what my plans will be is to build some sort of a box to house the batteries , power inverter and charge controller.  And hook up a solar panel. More than likely a 100w panel and hook the pump up to the well.

Incidentally , I am going to use the same solar set up for the electric fence as well. No sense in paying HIGH DOLLAR $$$$ money on a fancy store bought solar fence energizer when you can spend half and get a hotter fence to keep horse and cows in. And doing it this way I can use the AC fencer that I already own. If you want more info on fence energizers that we use on the ranch I will include links to those as well.click here for what use on the ranch for electric fencing. 

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