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    winterize bladder tank

    this summer replaced my old pressure tank with a new bladder tank - am very happy with the smaller size but have one question on how to winterize it. Have been draining the system for the winter for 20 years with no issues despite leaving property with no heat and 20 below temperatures. One...
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    calculate GPM

    Valveman: I had read elsewhere about the cycle stop valve - have not found a contractor in the area yet who is familiar, they keep trying to sell vfd. Guess I need to keep looking.
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    calculate GPM

    I hope some one can help me -- I am getting conflicting opinions on the size of pressure tank required for my irrigation system. It is an old system that looks like it was put together out of spare parts, the existing pressure tank is in excess of 50 years and has now sprung leaks everywhere...
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    submersible well motor voltage

    pump supplies a shopping centers lawn sprinkler system - seemed large to me as well but well company tells me they replaced what they pulled out. When they replaced the pump they also put in a new control box, the new box had a 230 volt relay that kept burning up and popping the circuit...
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    submersible well motor voltage

    Thanks -power has always been single phase 208, I plan on adding the transformer. I am just trying to figure out how the old pump ran for 11 years with no problem and now I am constantly popping the reset due to high amp draw. Was just curious if there was a single phase 208 pump motor at one...
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    submersible well motor voltage

    recently had submersible well motor failure and motor was replaced with what was supposed to have been the same type motor. However the new motor is a 5 hp single phase 230 volt. The line voltage is 208 volts. I understand I will need to install a buck boost transformer to make this work -...
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