I have a booster pump connected to the city line to boost the pressure and I am very happy with the system in 95% of the time but I got a small problem at very few occasions when the city pressure is very very low ...
My present pump set up is as follows :-
1)1 HP self priming pump which can produce 60psi from a bucket of water ( zero city pressure)
2)Pressure switch setting 60/80 psi ( that setting is a must because I have a house of 3 flats on top of each other and the pump is in the garden so i cant reduce it also I can not reduce the differential either because this is the way the Square D pressure switch works )
3)Pressure tank (6 Gallon)
4)pressure regulator fixed at the flat entrance and set at 55psi to assure steady constant pressure during the shower
ALSO I NEED THAT 55PSI PRESSURE AT THE FLAT ENTRANCE BECAUSE I HAVE LOT OF PRESSURE LOSSES DUE TO NARROW PIPING
5)OFF Delay ON delay timer switches off the pump after 5 minutes of continous running if it did not switch off by the pressure switch , then switchs it on again after 10 minutes and repeat the cycle untill city pressure comes back
From my practical use of the system I found out that during my water usage and comsumption in 95% of the time the pump would not run more than 3 minutes at a time before the pressure switch switchs it off .
But lately the very low city pressure periods started to happen more often so what I am suggesting to do is TO FIX ANOTHER SMALL PUMP IN SERIES WITH THE ORIGINAL PUMP TO GIVE MOMENTARY ADDITIONAL PRESSURE TO MAKE THE PRESSURE SWITCH SWITCH OFF THE PUMP , BUT LET IT ONLY RUN IF THE ORIGINAL PUMP FAILED TO SWITCH OFF BY THE PRESSURE SWITCH AFTER 5 MINUTES , AND THAT OF COURSE WILL BE BY FIXING A DELAY TIMER TO THE SMALL PUMP .
NB
This type of self priming pump is the only 2 phase max pressure pump I can obtain in my area so again I would not be able to obtain a shallow well pump as has been previously suggested here
I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH ANY SUGGESTIONS , THANKS A LOT TO EVERY BODY IN ADVANCE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU .
My present pump set up is as follows :-
1)1 HP self priming pump which can produce 60psi from a bucket of water ( zero city pressure)
2)Pressure switch setting 60/80 psi ( that setting is a must because I have a house of 3 flats on top of each other and the pump is in the garden so i cant reduce it also I can not reduce the differential either because this is the way the Square D pressure switch works )
3)Pressure tank (6 Gallon)
4)pressure regulator fixed at the flat entrance and set at 55psi to assure steady constant pressure during the shower
ALSO I NEED THAT 55PSI PRESSURE AT THE FLAT ENTRANCE BECAUSE I HAVE LOT OF PRESSURE LOSSES DUE TO NARROW PIPING
5)OFF Delay ON delay timer switches off the pump after 5 minutes of continous running if it did not switch off by the pressure switch , then switchs it on again after 10 minutes and repeat the cycle untill city pressure comes back
From my practical use of the system I found out that during my water usage and comsumption in 95% of the time the pump would not run more than 3 minutes at a time before the pressure switch switchs it off .
But lately the very low city pressure periods started to happen more often so what I am suggesting to do is TO FIX ANOTHER SMALL PUMP IN SERIES WITH THE ORIGINAL PUMP TO GIVE MOMENTARY ADDITIONAL PRESSURE TO MAKE THE PRESSURE SWITCH SWITCH OFF THE PUMP , BUT LET IT ONLY RUN IF THE ORIGINAL PUMP FAILED TO SWITCH OFF BY THE PRESSURE SWITCH AFTER 5 MINUTES , AND THAT OF COURSE WILL BE BY FIXING A DELAY TIMER TO THE SMALL PUMP .
NB
This type of self priming pump is the only 2 phase max pressure pump I can obtain in my area so again I would not be able to obtain a shallow well pump as has been previously suggested here
I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH ANY SUGGESTIONS , THANKS A LOT TO EVERY BODY IN ADVANCE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU .