Well Wizard®
Installation and Operation Manual
Rev. E 06-05-2023
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Attaching and Re-Attaching Pump Fittings and Connectors
Stainless Steel Compression Fittings
Pumps may be shipped with tubing pre-assembled and attached to the pump for shallow wells (up to
200 feet/60 meters of tubing) or may have tubing bundles or spools shipped separately for deeper
wells with tubing longer than 200 feet/60 meters. Where the tubing has been preassembled and then
disconnected from the pump, the fitting nut and sealing rings call “ferrules” should be attached to the
tubing bundle/spool.
New connections
(pump and tubing shipped separately and not previously assembled):
Fully insert the tubing into the fitting until it bottoms out on the shoulder inside the fitting. The length of tubing
inserted into the fitting should be 0.80” (20 mm) for 1/2” OD tubing, 0.67” (17 mm) for 3/8” OD tubing and
0.50” (12.7 mm) for 1/4” OD tubing. Rotate the nut clockwise (when viewed from the top) until the nut is finger
tight.
Reconnecting tubing with attached nut and ferrules
(tubing previously pre-assembled and shipped
in separate bundle or spool, or any removal of a fitting for service):
Stainless steel compression fittings can be reassembled as often as needed.
Connect the tubing to the fitting and finger tighten. Holding the fitting body steady with a wrench, turn
the nut clockwise (when viewed from the top) until you feel resistance, then tighten a quarter turn.