| Sumbersible pumps are used to pump water and | | | | a straw. While I'm not talking about a drinking |
| are very useful in transporting water. | | | | straw, I am talking about the same function. A |
| Submersible pumps are pumps that must be fully | | | | flexible hose or tube is basically laid in the fluid and |
| submerged in a liquid to pump that liquid out. | | | | the pump causes the fluid to suction out of an |
| Simple as it seems, this is actually a difficult | | | | area. |
| endeavor to engage in, or at least it was, | | | | Many times when someone doesn't have a |
| previously. These pumps are actually sealed. The | | | | garbage disposal in their sink, they decide to flush |
| motor is completely surrounded in a casing that is | | | | uneaten food down the toilet or even pour hot oil |
| hermetically sealed so that the fluid that the pump | | | | from cooking into the kitchen sink while running |
| must excavate does not enter the pump and | | | | hot water. While this may fix their problem |
| cause failure. | | | | immediately, it doesn't do much good for the |
| Here's the thing-it wasn't dirt. He had spent the | | | | sewer system. So after many hours of cleaning |
| day in a deep well, a well not from which fresh | | | | things out and removing deposits, the lines were |
| water is pulled from the ground and pumped into | | | | fixed and the pump was put back into order. |
| your home for drinking and bathing but a well into | | | | He was in a sewage well that day. He was telling |
| which human waste from an apartment complex | | | | me how the pipes that fed into the well had quit |
| is filtered and pumped-by of all things, a | | | | working properly so they needed to drain the |
| submersible pump. What is this you ask? It's a | | | | entire well. They did so with the use of a pump. |
| pump that has a fully contained motor-it is | | | | Then they cleaned the well thoroughly and |
| hermetically sealed so that the motor can function | | | | removed all deposits and yes, I mean all deposits |
| properly. | | | | and had to temporarily close up the pipes so that |
| Since I knew absolutely nothing about these | | | | nothing else came out. As soon as they were |
| pumps, I asked a few questions. I wondered, why | | | | done making all necessary repairs, it was |
| exactly would you need a pump that is | | | | imperative to test the pipes. Unfortunately for my |
| hermetically sealed? My companion explained to | | | | friend, he had to stay in the well when this took |
| me that in most situations that require water or | | | | place. He said without the pump working, he'd |
| any fluids to be pumped, it's easiest and most | | | | have been left in hot water. Well, not really hot |
| effective if you use a pump that can actually be | | | | water and not really water, but I think you get |
| placed in the water, itself. | | | | the point. |
| This way you can get everything out of | | | | When you need to remove fluid or clean fluids |
| whatever area it needs to evacuate. Ok, this | | | | from any container, your best bet at getting |
| makes sense so far. The other methods of | | | | everything is to use submersible pumps. |
| draining fluids consist of using a pump and basically | | | | |