Willl
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Install the pressure switch in the water line to the house. Check valve just before switch.
electrical/ pressure switch question
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Willl
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grsthegreat
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ok, i see what yor talking about... i guess that would work as long as you can locate the switch underground as he said it freezes there so the water line would be underground. The system we use here is a electronic pressure switch and has actual wires running to the tank. I can see how a mechanical pressure switch could work in this instance.
However i still dont see how he got 120volt power at the meter with only a 220 volt line and no neutral wire.
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scesnick
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I'm sure there is a neutral wire, I didn't draw the electrical wire all that accurate. It was more just to give everyone a visual of wats going on.
I ran 8/2 wire ( with a neutral) so it is actually 3 wire from the pressure switch to the breaker box in the field.
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scesnick
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Hmmmm, that would most likely work but i would have to dig down to the water line ( pipe) and fab up some kind of box to keep the pressure switch in. If I ran a stand pipe up to the surface it would freeze pretty quick.
but, SInce i already fried my pump. I was thinking of a 110v jetpump of some sort inside a heated little shed down by the creekbed. Has anyone used a jet pump outdoors in a cold region?
grsthegreat
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8 2 romex does not have a neutral. it will only have 2 hots and a ground wire
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scesnick
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I am not an electrician. That is why I hired one... the 8/2 wire ( with a ground) is ran to a breaker box in my field that has two breakers in it. One for my pump and one for the outlet by the pond. How he, ( the electrician) wired this box I have no idea. If I did, I wouldn't have needed him to come do this.......
Kays Supply
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It proably won't meet code, but I don't think any of this project will, how about wiring the leg you want hot ahead of the switch and switch the other side of the 220? That way your leg will stay hot but the pump won't come on until the switch makes at the house.
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scesnick
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Code?? what's that ! just kidding. I live way, way out on the sticks. Code is not an issue.
That sounds like the ticket right here. I just wish I knew what it meant and how to do it !!
as far as moving the pressure switch down after the breaker in the filed. I think I recently read somewhere that the pressure switch has to be as close as possible to the pressure tank or you will most likely get alot of short cycling... not sure how correct that is however...
Damifino
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The pressure switch should stay as close to tank as possible, the switch if relocated to box would be subject to to much pressure fluctuation as when the pump was charging system and when it shuts off afterwards.
I can,t believe an electrician wired it this way after you explaining what you wanted to accomplish. As kayssupply stated, it's not code but wire ahead of switch to your desired location or figure out how many H2O outlets you need open to keep pump running.
Since you have not run any wire to your desired location, just means a bit of digging from uninterrupted power source.
I can,t believe an electrician wired it this way after you explaining what you wanted to accomplish. As kayssupply stated, it's not code but wire ahead of switch to your desired location or figure out how many H2O outlets you need open to keep pump running.
Since you have not run any wire to your desired location, just means a bit of digging from uninterrupted power source.