Can I operate a well pump with no pressure tank by using the breaker as a switch?

The name of the pictureThe name of the pictureThe name of the pictureClash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP












2















Working on my cabin. Have a drilled well about 100 feet away (maybe a bit more, uphill). 1 inch black PVC well pipe comes into dirt crawl space, pier construction, under cabin. I brought it upstairs so only 10 feet is exposed in crawl space. Wrapping heat tape today on well pipe. I don't have the pressure tank and such set up. Any reason I can't just power up the well for now and turn it on and off with breaker, then have a pipe with water that comes out ?



Thanks.










share|improve this question




























    2















    Working on my cabin. Have a drilled well about 100 feet away (maybe a bit more, uphill). 1 inch black PVC well pipe comes into dirt crawl space, pier construction, under cabin. I brought it upstairs so only 10 feet is exposed in crawl space. Wrapping heat tape today on well pipe. I don't have the pressure tank and such set up. Any reason I can't just power up the well for now and turn it on and off with breaker, then have a pipe with water that comes out ?



    Thanks.










    share|improve this question


























      2












      2








      2








      Working on my cabin. Have a drilled well about 100 feet away (maybe a bit more, uphill). 1 inch black PVC well pipe comes into dirt crawl space, pier construction, under cabin. I brought it upstairs so only 10 feet is exposed in crawl space. Wrapping heat tape today on well pipe. I don't have the pressure tank and such set up. Any reason I can't just power up the well for now and turn it on and off with breaker, then have a pipe with water that comes out ?



      Thanks.










      share|improve this question
















      Working on my cabin. Have a drilled well about 100 feet away (maybe a bit more, uphill). 1 inch black PVC well pipe comes into dirt crawl space, pier construction, under cabin. I brought it upstairs so only 10 feet is exposed in crawl space. Wrapping heat tape today on well pipe. I don't have the pressure tank and such set up. Any reason I can't just power up the well for now and turn it on and off with breaker, then have a pipe with water that comes out ?



      Thanks.







      electrical switch circuit-breaker well well-pump






      share|improve this question















      share|improve this question













      share|improve this question




      share|improve this question








      edited Feb 15 at 19:30









      Machavity

      7,64811838




      7,64811838










      asked Feb 15 at 15:20









      House DiYHouse DiY

      163




      163




















          3 Answers
          3






          active

          oldest

          votes


















          6














          Not really.



          You can do that if you only turn on the pump when you're consuming water. You don't want the pump running if no water is moving. You'll wear it out.



          The point of a pressure switch is to prevent just that, and the point of the pressure tank is to reduce the frequency of pump startups (along with stabilizing pressure during usage).






          share|improve this answer























          • Understood - this would be a temporary 1 month setup until I have less concerns about the pressure tank (inside cabin) freezing. I just want water for cleaning and such...

            – House DiY
            Feb 15 at 15:37


















          4














          As isherwood noted, never run the pump unless the water has somewhere to go. Also, running the pump for only a few seconds at a time is probably not ideal.



          If you're pumping out through an open pipe into some sort of large receptacle (e.g. a 5-gallon bucket or larger), that's probably fine.



          (I chlorinate my water, so my well pump feeds an open pipe that empties into a 120-gallon tank. I'd guess this draws somewhere between 5 and 60 gallons in a "cycle". The pressure tank is fed by a secondary pump in the tank.)






          share|improve this answer


















          • 2





            I agree--The short cycle of the pump is your biggest problem. You could put a large barrel or something up high, pump it full of water then use a gravity feed--That's not a terrible replacement for a pressure tank (although be sure to have a pipe that will take overflow water outside instead of spilling it all over your attic, you are bound to over-fill at some point).

            – Bill K
            Feb 15 at 20:30


















          3














          It won't hurt the breaker any. All modern breakers are rated for use as switches.






          share|improve this answer






















            Your Answer








            StackExchange.ready(function()
            var channelOptions =
            tags: "".split(" "),
            id: "73"
            ;
            initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

            StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
            // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
            if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
            StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
            createEditor();
            );

            else
            createEditor();

            );

            function createEditor()
            StackExchange.prepareEditor(
            heartbeatType: 'answer',
            autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
            convertImagesToLinks: false,
            noModals: true,
            showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
            reputationToPostImages: null,
            bindNavPrevention: true,
            postfix: "",
            imageUploader:
            brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
            contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
            allowUrls: true
            ,
            noCode: true, onDemand: true,
            discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
            ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
            );



            );













            draft saved

            draft discarded


















            StackExchange.ready(
            function ()
            StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fdiy.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f157662%2fcan-i-operate-a-well-pump-with-no-pressure-tank-by-using-the-breaker-as-a-switch%23new-answer', 'question_page');

            );

            Post as a guest















            Required, but never shown

























            3 Answers
            3






            active

            oldest

            votes








            3 Answers
            3






            active

            oldest

            votes









            active

            oldest

            votes






            active

            oldest

            votes









            6














            Not really.



            You can do that if you only turn on the pump when you're consuming water. You don't want the pump running if no water is moving. You'll wear it out.



            The point of a pressure switch is to prevent just that, and the point of the pressure tank is to reduce the frequency of pump startups (along with stabilizing pressure during usage).






            share|improve this answer























            • Understood - this would be a temporary 1 month setup until I have less concerns about the pressure tank (inside cabin) freezing. I just want water for cleaning and such...

              – House DiY
              Feb 15 at 15:37















            6














            Not really.



            You can do that if you only turn on the pump when you're consuming water. You don't want the pump running if no water is moving. You'll wear it out.



            The point of a pressure switch is to prevent just that, and the point of the pressure tank is to reduce the frequency of pump startups (along with stabilizing pressure during usage).






            share|improve this answer























            • Understood - this would be a temporary 1 month setup until I have less concerns about the pressure tank (inside cabin) freezing. I just want water for cleaning and such...

              – House DiY
              Feb 15 at 15:37













            6












            6








            6







            Not really.



            You can do that if you only turn on the pump when you're consuming water. You don't want the pump running if no water is moving. You'll wear it out.



            The point of a pressure switch is to prevent just that, and the point of the pressure tank is to reduce the frequency of pump startups (along with stabilizing pressure during usage).






            share|improve this answer













            Not really.



            You can do that if you only turn on the pump when you're consuming water. You don't want the pump running if no water is moving. You'll wear it out.



            The point of a pressure switch is to prevent just that, and the point of the pressure tank is to reduce the frequency of pump startups (along with stabilizing pressure during usage).







            share|improve this answer












            share|improve this answer



            share|improve this answer










            answered Feb 15 at 15:31









            isherwoodisherwood

            49.6k456126




            49.6k456126












            • Understood - this would be a temporary 1 month setup until I have less concerns about the pressure tank (inside cabin) freezing. I just want water for cleaning and such...

              – House DiY
              Feb 15 at 15:37

















            • Understood - this would be a temporary 1 month setup until I have less concerns about the pressure tank (inside cabin) freezing. I just want water for cleaning and such...

              – House DiY
              Feb 15 at 15:37
















            Understood - this would be a temporary 1 month setup until I have less concerns about the pressure tank (inside cabin) freezing. I just want water for cleaning and such...

            – House DiY
            Feb 15 at 15:37





            Understood - this would be a temporary 1 month setup until I have less concerns about the pressure tank (inside cabin) freezing. I just want water for cleaning and such...

            – House DiY
            Feb 15 at 15:37













            4














            As isherwood noted, never run the pump unless the water has somewhere to go. Also, running the pump for only a few seconds at a time is probably not ideal.



            If you're pumping out through an open pipe into some sort of large receptacle (e.g. a 5-gallon bucket or larger), that's probably fine.



            (I chlorinate my water, so my well pump feeds an open pipe that empties into a 120-gallon tank. I'd guess this draws somewhere between 5 and 60 gallons in a "cycle". The pressure tank is fed by a secondary pump in the tank.)






            share|improve this answer


















            • 2





              I agree--The short cycle of the pump is your biggest problem. You could put a large barrel or something up high, pump it full of water then use a gravity feed--That's not a terrible replacement for a pressure tank (although be sure to have a pipe that will take overflow water outside instead of spilling it all over your attic, you are bound to over-fill at some point).

              – Bill K
              Feb 15 at 20:30















            4














            As isherwood noted, never run the pump unless the water has somewhere to go. Also, running the pump for only a few seconds at a time is probably not ideal.



            If you're pumping out through an open pipe into some sort of large receptacle (e.g. a 5-gallon bucket or larger), that's probably fine.



            (I chlorinate my water, so my well pump feeds an open pipe that empties into a 120-gallon tank. I'd guess this draws somewhere between 5 and 60 gallons in a "cycle". The pressure tank is fed by a secondary pump in the tank.)






            share|improve this answer


















            • 2





              I agree--The short cycle of the pump is your biggest problem. You could put a large barrel or something up high, pump it full of water then use a gravity feed--That's not a terrible replacement for a pressure tank (although be sure to have a pipe that will take overflow water outside instead of spilling it all over your attic, you are bound to over-fill at some point).

              – Bill K
              Feb 15 at 20:30













            4












            4








            4







            As isherwood noted, never run the pump unless the water has somewhere to go. Also, running the pump for only a few seconds at a time is probably not ideal.



            If you're pumping out through an open pipe into some sort of large receptacle (e.g. a 5-gallon bucket or larger), that's probably fine.



            (I chlorinate my water, so my well pump feeds an open pipe that empties into a 120-gallon tank. I'd guess this draws somewhere between 5 and 60 gallons in a "cycle". The pressure tank is fed by a secondary pump in the tank.)






            share|improve this answer













            As isherwood noted, never run the pump unless the water has somewhere to go. Also, running the pump for only a few seconds at a time is probably not ideal.



            If you're pumping out through an open pipe into some sort of large receptacle (e.g. a 5-gallon bucket or larger), that's probably fine.



            (I chlorinate my water, so my well pump feeds an open pipe that empties into a 120-gallon tank. I'd guess this draws somewhere between 5 and 60 gallons in a "cycle". The pressure tank is fed by a secondary pump in the tank.)







            share|improve this answer












            share|improve this answer



            share|improve this answer










            answered Feb 15 at 20:21









            MatthewMatthew

            1411




            1411







            • 2





              I agree--The short cycle of the pump is your biggest problem. You could put a large barrel or something up high, pump it full of water then use a gravity feed--That's not a terrible replacement for a pressure tank (although be sure to have a pipe that will take overflow water outside instead of spilling it all over your attic, you are bound to over-fill at some point).

              – Bill K
              Feb 15 at 20:30












            • 2





              I agree--The short cycle of the pump is your biggest problem. You could put a large barrel or something up high, pump it full of water then use a gravity feed--That's not a terrible replacement for a pressure tank (although be sure to have a pipe that will take overflow water outside instead of spilling it all over your attic, you are bound to over-fill at some point).

              – Bill K
              Feb 15 at 20:30







            2




            2





            I agree--The short cycle of the pump is your biggest problem. You could put a large barrel or something up high, pump it full of water then use a gravity feed--That's not a terrible replacement for a pressure tank (although be sure to have a pipe that will take overflow water outside instead of spilling it all over your attic, you are bound to over-fill at some point).

            – Bill K
            Feb 15 at 20:30





            I agree--The short cycle of the pump is your biggest problem. You could put a large barrel or something up high, pump it full of water then use a gravity feed--That's not a terrible replacement for a pressure tank (although be sure to have a pipe that will take overflow water outside instead of spilling it all over your attic, you are bound to over-fill at some point).

            – Bill K
            Feb 15 at 20:30











            3














            It won't hurt the breaker any. All modern breakers are rated for use as switches.






            share|improve this answer



























              3














              It won't hurt the breaker any. All modern breakers are rated for use as switches.






              share|improve this answer

























                3












                3








                3







                It won't hurt the breaker any. All modern breakers are rated for use as switches.






                share|improve this answer













                It won't hurt the breaker any. All modern breakers are rated for use as switches.







                share|improve this answer












                share|improve this answer



                share|improve this answer










                answered Feb 15 at 17:30









                HarperHarper

                73k448148




                73k448148



























                    draft saved

                    draft discarded
















































                    Thanks for contributing an answer to Home Improvement Stack Exchange!


                    • Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

                    But avoid


                    • Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

                    • Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.

                    To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.




                    draft saved


                    draft discarded














                    StackExchange.ready(
                    function ()
                    StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fdiy.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f157662%2fcan-i-operate-a-well-pump-with-no-pressure-tank-by-using-the-breaker-as-a-switch%23new-answer', 'question_page');

                    );

                    Post as a guest















                    Required, but never shown





















































                    Required, but never shown














                    Required, but never shown












                    Required, but never shown







                    Required, but never shown

































                    Required, but never shown














                    Required, but never shown












                    Required, but never shown







                    Required, but never shown






                    Popular posts from this blog

                    How to check contact read email or not when send email to Individual?

                    Displaying single band from multi-band raster using QGIS

                    How many registers does an x86_64 CPU actually have?