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    Mar 4, 2013, 08:58 PM
    Pumps
    I just installed a 1horse 5 gpm 2 wire pump with all new system. I plugged it in to a generator and it barely got up to 20 psi. I opened the hose bibb at tank and the water only trickled out I bypassed the switch and it did the same thing. The well is 400' deep. Do you think the pump is too weak?

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