How much better is this than the switch?
With only a 10psi variance, is a bladder tank still needed? At this point, our well has been drilled.
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With only a 10psi variance, is a bladder tank still needed? At this point, our well has been drilled.
With only a 10 PSI hysteresis I'd consider that to be hard on the pump... the bladder tanks keeps the 20 gallons (or whatever it is) pressurized so as to minimize the toggling of the pressure switch/well.
Those contacts arc and spark every time they open (burning up metal from the contacts). They do wear out eventually.
The branD that was proDuceD at the company I workeD for were continually sample testeD unDer maximum spec'D loaD for 100,000 cycles.
They do wear out but it took the set under my house > 20 yrs. Pretty good for something that sits in an inhospitable environement and switches stout loads (for the size of the contacts) continually.
(edit: I can't spel)
The branD that was proDuceD at the company I workeD for were continually sample testeD unDer maximum spec'D loaD for 100,000 cycles.
They do wear out but it took the set under my house > 20 yrs. Pretty good for something that sits in an inhospitable environement and switches stout loads (for the size of the contacts) continually.
(edit: I can't spel)
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I hate dealing with the pressure tank and pressure switch so much, neither lasts a super long time, and troubleshooting isn't the easiest thing in the world because of so many interdependent systems. If I could afford it I'd put up my own little water tower. Float switch and a remote pump. Done.
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In my old house I had a shallow well, only thirty feed deep by four foot round with a concrete cover,and a jet pump in my basement.
It was only a get foot lift from well to basement.
With three children and wife taking morning shower water pressure was not great with people taking showers in two different bath rooms.
I puts second water tank in an upstairs closet to fix this issue. Like have a fat section of pipe with extra water. By increasing the amount of water under pressure it took care of the low flow / low pressure issue.
It was only a get foot lift from well to basement.
With three children and wife taking morning shower water pressure was not great with people taking showers in two different bath rooms.
I puts second water tank in an upstairs closet to fix this issue. Like have a fat section of pipe with extra water. By increasing the amount of water under pressure it took care of the low flow / low pressure issue.
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Our first house had this issue. We use to yell “fire in the hole” before flushing if one of us was in the shower.
It is a digital programmable switch that has run dry protection built-in
You can program the cut in - cut off pressures
Cheap way to get run dry protection without going to a variable frequency drive (VFD)
That looks like a nice option, I don’t trust the VFD. Two of them failed on our pool pump in 5 yrs. We’ve only got a few gpm here. We’re installing a 500 gal storage tank as well.
Put an RC snubber across it.
Agreed, but the snubber would likely fail before the pumptrol
The contact plate fell off mine, otherwise it would probably still be working. Back of the napkin calculation (20 cycles/day for 23 yrs) = 160,000 operations, each and every one with a bright blue spark.
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