Patent ID: 6988555

Claim:
A method of installing a pump in a water well, comprising: (a) providing a hose and wire combination, including: (i) a hose capable of having water flow therein and having an exterior; (ii) a flexible material extending longitudinally along a major portion of said exterior of said hose; and (iii) a plurality of wires extending longitudinally along said flexible material while being maintained in proximity to said hose by said flexible material and being electrically insulated from one another, wherein said plurality of wires is free from being embedded in a material surrounding said hose that maintains said wires and said hose in a defined relationship with respect to one another; (b) electrically connecting said plurality of wires to said pump; (c) operatively connecting said hose to said pump; and (d) lowering said pump connected to said hose and wire combination into said well, thereby permitting said flexible material to protect said plurality of wires during said lowering of said pump.