Jim;

Sorry to hear of your disaster.
I'd be extremely unhappy if this had happened to me.

For $1400 you might want to consider a backup solar powered pump to water
your trees.
I installed thousands of solar sites in central Florida approximately 10
years ago, and to my knowledge, they're all still working as designed.

All you'll need is a good regulated solar panel, a car battery, a cheap
timer and a DC powered pump.
Bilge pumps (for boats) work well.


Mark Hill - Harrisburg PA - Florida North - where it's expected to be 85+
for the next week


-----Original Message-----
From: Internet Bonsai Club ] On Behalf Of
Jim Lewis
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 5:50 PM
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Subject: [IBC] Disaster strikes :-(

Returned from 11 days in Arizona (GREAT vacation!) to find that
the pump on my well had burned out about 4 days into the
vacation.

Had enough rain so my bigger (10 inches) trees came though,
damaged but alive. The tiny ones, however, were toast. About 30
trees.

I think I need a windmill as a backup. Dunno if a windmill would
pump from 237 feet, though.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - 30 trees and
$1400 poorer.

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