Hose Bundles - QED AutoPump Ultra 4.0 Operation Manual

Chapter 5: Installation

Hose Bundles

Hose bundling or the use of jacketed tubing reduces equipment entanglement at the well surface, and aids the removal
of the pump from the well. Bundling also assists in positioning the pump and down-well hose assembly against one
side of the well casing. Maximum space is created for other items, such as probes, to be periodically placed inside the
well.
Follow these instructions to create a hose bundle:
1. Lay the equipment on the ground and make all of the necessary hose connections. ( See Figure 4 ).
2. If a well cap is supplied, install it on the hoses. ( See Figure 4 ).
3. Connect the quick-link assembly on the support rope to the eyebolt on the AP4+ and lay the support rope out along
with the hoses. Make sure that none of the hoses or support ropes are crossing over each other ( See Figure 7 ).
Note: To make the next step easier, pull the support rope and the hoses taut.
4. Starting at the AutoPump end of the hose, put a tie-wrap through the center of the braided support rope just above
the uppermost quick-connect or barb on the AutoPump ( See Figure 7 ).
5. Pulling the rope taut, put the tie-wrap around the fluid discharge hose with the rough surface outwards. Cross the
ends and complete the connect the tie-wrap make sure it is straight and is not kinking the hoses ( See Figure 7 ).
Note: After completing this step, the fluid discharge hose will be attached to the support rope and the exhaust
hose. At this point the air supply hose is still lying free.
6. Place the next tie-wrap two feet towards the well cap from the first. Secure the air supply hose rather than the
exhaust hose.
Note: It is important to put the tie-wraps approximately two feet apart to keep a proper discharge hose/support
rope bundle. Experience has shown that spreading the tie-wraps further apart than two feet increases the
probability for hose kinking.
7. Continue to alternate the air exhaust and the air supply tie-wraps every two feet, stopping about five feet from the
wellhead.
8. Being careful not to leave any sharp edges, cut the excess from the tie-wraps.
You now have a down-well bundled hose assembly that supports both the hoses and the down-well equipment.
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