I'm drooling thinking about that fresh maple syrup. It sounds so good. I hope you find a more efficient way. Perhaps you can pick people's brains on the homesteading forum? I think they talk about that sort of thing. There are all sorts of posts about various things there.
I went to the store yesterday to get a rotisserie chicken & some other stuff I was out of. I've started taking multivitamins that include potassium. I'm hoping they will make me feel better. Slept until 4pm today. I really needed that sleep and my body feels better. Still a few aches & stiff areas, but I'm moving much better.
Went back to the store with my brother. It's still out of a lot of stuff, but we got meat, milk, and tortillas.
My friend is still having no luck with getting that clog cleared in his sewer pipe. Plumber never came back even though he promised to show up. Friend waited around for him all day for a few days. Guy no-showed about 7 times now. Friend got a 75 auger and tried to snake the pipe out. Didn't work. 100ft garden hose with hot water. Still didn't work. They may have to tear up his concrete walkway to get to the pipe but he may also need to call a new plumber or call the city because it might be on the city's side now. Problem is, if the city tears up his sidewalk, they won't fill it back in or replace it. The mayor is a total greedy p.o.s. who pretty much steals funding for his own use.
I'm currently debating on whether I should spend over $200 on a Cycle Stop Valve and change my well/pump system to have a 4.6 gallon pressure tank (supposedly CSVs make it so you only need a small tank) or to spend a under $200 to try to change things to get the existing tank to work (if it isn't toast).
Or I could get a cheaper CSV and combine it with a tank tee. I'm trying to price things out.
If I get a tank tee I can go with either brass or stainless-- and I have hard water so stainless might last longer but is a bit more expensive & requires SS fittings.
My current pressure tank seems to have a 3/4" inlet/outlet but is not hooked up properly. It does not have a pressure relief valve nor a spigot. The tee that splits from my pump to my pressure tank is placed in such a way that I think a lot of the water bypasses the pressure tank.
I need to figure out if my current pressure tank is still good. If it is bad, I will have to buy a new one. But, I noticed that the drawdown gpm of my current tank is not sufficient for what my pump needs. It's maybe 12gpm drawdown and my tank needs 17gpm drawdown.
Allegedly with a CSV you can have as little as 1gpm drawdown and the valve lets the tank fill and the pump doesn't cut on and off as quickly. There are videos on how it works.
It's like $190 for the CSV1A that comes attached to stainless steel. It's around $70 for the plastic one CSV125 that goes inline (but I'd have to figure out if I need the one that cuts on at 1gpm or 3gpm). If I got that, I would need to change pressure tanks and I could get an AO Smith 4.6gallon vertical tank for around $60. I would also need a tank tee (ranges around $100 to $110). I'd need additional pipes and elbows to make it work, but the tees come with a pressure switch, pressure relief valve, pressure gauge, and hose spigot. Some come with a ball valve for the end. It's like $30 for the ball valve, but when I priced it out, I realized the fittings and ball valve purchased separately would cost about that much as well.
If I knew for certain which CSV125 I would need, I would go with that option, even though it's plastic (but very sturdy plastic).
I would need reducer fittings bc my pump's outlet is 1", CSV is 1-1/4", pressure tank is 3/4" and the rest of my water supply is 3/4".
I should probably talk about this in a separate thread. LOL.
