Jfharper
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I'm assuming it is. But I thought I would ask if it was ok and what things to watch out for.
The long story:
Currently, my holding tank is leaking at the outlet. The holding tank is on a platform about 25 feet off the ground which make is challenging to work on. The leak is pretty bad, but my sub still only comes on and runs for 35 min and then is off for ~1:15 (h:mm) because I irrigate some trees, as apposed to ~25 min on and 1:30-1:40 off before the holding tank starting leaking.
IF the pipe breaks at the outlet rendering my holding tank useless, my plan is to directly pump from the sub into my two pressure tanks to get by while I figure out how to approach the holding tank fix. I have a T at the top of the well that is already hooked up to the pressure tanks but a gate valve closes it off currently, so the sub only fills the holding tank via a float switch. There is a gate going to the holding tank, so I could close that. I could manually turn on the sub to fill the tanks, watching a pressure gauge to turn off at 60 PSI, and we can ration water in the house (I would turn off all irrigation) while I'm repairing or replacing the holding tank.
I'm thinking this might be a good time to pull that holding tank down and take that platform down, because it just makes things more difficult to work on and we really don't benefit that much from the ~20 PSI gravity feed, either when the power goes out, and we don't use gravity feed irrigation which there were a few pipes setup for.
I know I could hook up a pressure switch to the sub relay to handle turning it on/off automatically, but I'd hate to have something go wrong and my new sub I just installed go out. Maybe just a bit paranoid, but I don't mind doing it manually just to avoid a second problem when I already have one problem to deal with first.
So, what should I watch out for with the sub to the pressure tanks fill up? TIA.
The long story:
Currently, my holding tank is leaking at the outlet. The holding tank is on a platform about 25 feet off the ground which make is challenging to work on. The leak is pretty bad, but my sub still only comes on and runs for 35 min and then is off for ~1:15 (h:mm) because I irrigate some trees, as apposed to ~25 min on and 1:30-1:40 off before the holding tank starting leaking.
IF the pipe breaks at the outlet rendering my holding tank useless, my plan is to directly pump from the sub into my two pressure tanks to get by while I figure out how to approach the holding tank fix. I have a T at the top of the well that is already hooked up to the pressure tanks but a gate valve closes it off currently, so the sub only fills the holding tank via a float switch. There is a gate going to the holding tank, so I could close that. I could manually turn on the sub to fill the tanks, watching a pressure gauge to turn off at 60 PSI, and we can ration water in the house (I would turn off all irrigation) while I'm repairing or replacing the holding tank.
I'm thinking this might be a good time to pull that holding tank down and take that platform down, because it just makes things more difficult to work on and we really don't benefit that much from the ~20 PSI gravity feed, either when the power goes out, and we don't use gravity feed irrigation which there were a few pipes setup for.
I know I could hook up a pressure switch to the sub relay to handle turning it on/off automatically, but I'd hate to have something go wrong and my new sub I just installed go out. Maybe just a bit paranoid, but I don't mind doing it manually just to avoid a second problem when I already have one problem to deal with first.
So, what should I watch out for with the sub to the pressure tanks fill up? TIA.