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YES, the one from tractor supply which fried my pump motor. that's what started this well saga from hell.... waterwelldude: i can't argue with that. i've replaced those relays many times BUT, i will say that the last one was in there since 1991. i believe that lightning fried it while i...

i mentioned earlier that the franklin switch (pictured above) was switching on and off on about 20 sec intervals. i replaced it with a new switch and everything was fine. however, i saved this old partially bad switch and then used it to replace the switch that recently went bad in my...

gary: yes, relay switch. and no, for three reasons: #1. i got the well pump working and water into the house with an old, partially functioning franklin switch that i swapped for the bad switch. i then started looking for a new switch which i could not find. (pic included) this...

he said that the check valve was blocked by sediment which makes sense because the well has a LOT of iron in it. gary: actually the well was working fine. i shut off the breaker to the well shed, then left for florida to work on a house i bought down there, came back and the pump...

i had the idiots come back out and remove that 2gpm choke and install a franklin pump protector and i'm really glad that i did. they installed the pump protector and removed the choke and told me to turn on the breaker to the pump. the pumptec immediately shut off the power to the pump...

i was told that he MUST have a license and not just a trainee license either because then he wouldn't be able to write contracts. they should have to present the license upon request. we will see. he didn't come out today to fix this thing. oh, and where do i get that $20.00 low...

truck Porky: i like that truck. here's mine.....

it was too late. the guys 450 dually ford was in up to its axles, they had to get it out. all i could do is videotape the insanity. Porky: i strongly suspect but do not KNOW if this guy is unlicensed. all i know is that AFTER i asked him for his license # he tried to get by with the...

i can't remember if i mentioned this but they ended up pulling the pump by hand anyway after getting stuck twice. i asked if they used a portable pump puller and he told me that very few of his jobs are on wells only 120' deep and those other pullers don't work on deep wells. but i got on...

yeah, he charged me $75.00 for it.... that extra wire wasn't a problem at all and i like the pump box because i can change out a switch and or capacitor cheaply and easily. i've been doing just that since 87 on this well. if the capacitor in the pump goes bad, i gotta a $2,000+ bill and a...

here are just two pics. those ruts and deeper ones run for a few hundred yards through my 2ac plot. i contacted other well professionals and got some advice. the man who worked on my well could NOT provide me with his license number. after i asked, he went from being uncooperative to...

cacher: thanks for the info. i just called the owner today. i don't know if he knows what little rip-offs he's got working for him. i have a message on my machine that i have not gotten yet. they might say that the $500 they took off the bill was "the deal" and i should go away...

thanks for that info. i'm going to remove that $%#%%$!!! choke and just run it straight from the pump. i may call the well bastards to do it because they are screwing me around trying to get me to drill an entirely new well. i think that they intentionally ran my well dry to get me to pay...

gary: they did install a new pump, pipe, wire et so it's not a total loss on my part. i won't be calling them back though. clearly the pump should have been pulled by hand in the first place. they put the exact same pump back down the well, a 1/2hp franklin/goulds. anyway, my problem...

that's what i thought but the box just clicked wildly. i had several people tell me that this could have fried my pump motor. regardless, i now have water but another question: they started the pump up and let the water run on the ground for about 15 minutes then the well went dry. they...

gary: checking that page out in a sec but thought i'd give an update. the tests that i did indicated that the pump motor was bad and the well guy confirmed this. he was going to pull and replace the pump. i wasn't happy because i believe that the tractor supply box fried my pump motor...

travis: yes, i tested it by putting a meter on the two wires together. i have a multitester but used a testing light for this test. it lit up "220". my question now is: what's the best way to check if power is getting to the pump? if i have 220 going into the box, and 220 going to the...

thanks for the reply: i tested "L1" and "L2" going into the control box and it said 220v. i also did what you said and looked to make sure that the connectors were lining up. as best i can tell, they are. i'll check that again tomorrow just to make sure. i guess what i have to...

i have a water well with a 3/4hp franklin control box # 280 107 4910 it's worked well for years. i left my home for a month, came back, switched on the breakers to my well and nothing... i did a test and found that it was the old franklin relay switch # 152 138 903 which i used to buy for...

yeah i will eventually install a new tank IF that bladder has ruptured. i guess the only way to tell is to let the air out, let it pressure up and see if water comes out the air valve. not gunna do that though. i'll just monitor the air pressure and if it keeps losing pressure that will...