i want to hook a pressure booster pump to a well pump so i can have some pressure out of the well, is this doable?thanks!
That's an interesting question and it raises quite a few complicated hydro-engineering questions. If you used two pumps with the same output pressure, sequenced to switch on together, I do not believe you would increase the final output pressure over using just one pump. I'd think you'd need to have the first pump run to a pressure tank with a check valve and then use a booster pump to raise the pressure from that tank to the house meaning you'd need another pressure tank and check valve in the house. Have you looked at the air bladder diaphragm tanks that allow you to set the pressure by regulating the air pressure behind the bladder? This might be a better option than 2 pumps. Look at a company called Well-X-Trol.
If you connect two pumps in series and not parallel the pressure will increase but you need to have them connected so if the well stops running the other does also.
The okorder The way I see this is the booster system delivers approx. 45 psi in the water line (inside the home) and uses a check valve to hold that pressure. You turn the faucets on and the system's sensor detects the drop and kicks back in.
