Hi All,
I have a 5 year old cu301 with SQE pump. It was installed when the house was built. At the time, I did not know any better regarding the long term reliability of this system vs. a "normal" well system with a large pressure tank.
I have not yet experienced any of the problems that others on this forum have discussed regarding the CP system. So far, mine works nicely (knock on wood).
The current problem that I have is that when the power goes out, I have very little water in that tiny little pressure tank. I do have a generator that I can hook up to the well system for longer power outages, but a typical power outage in my area is 1-4 hours, which is not really long enough to warrant dragging out the generator and plugging it in... It is really frustrating not being able to finish a shower when power goes out.
I am wondering if I can simply buy a large pressure tank and hook it up in place of the 2 gallon unit that came with the original CP system... I would expect to have to adjust the PT pressure and possibly the CP system pressure on the cu301 (it is currently at 60psi).
I am unsure if swapping out the 2 gallon PT for a larger PT would cause any issues when the pump is controlled by the cu301 and result in pre-mature failure...
Since the CP system has not failed yet, I don't want to totally replace all the control parts (CSV, pressure switch, etc...).
Has anyone else ran into this issue before? What would your advice be?
Thanks,
shaun
I have a 5 year old cu301 with SQE pump. It was installed when the house was built. At the time, I did not know any better regarding the long term reliability of this system vs. a "normal" well system with a large pressure tank.
I have not yet experienced any of the problems that others on this forum have discussed regarding the CP system. So far, mine works nicely (knock on wood).
The current problem that I have is that when the power goes out, I have very little water in that tiny little pressure tank. I do have a generator that I can hook up to the well system for longer power outages, but a typical power outage in my area is 1-4 hours, which is not really long enough to warrant dragging out the generator and plugging it in... It is really frustrating not being able to finish a shower when power goes out.
I am wondering if I can simply buy a large pressure tank and hook it up in place of the 2 gallon unit that came with the original CP system... I would expect to have to adjust the PT pressure and possibly the CP system pressure on the cu301 (it is currently at 60psi).
I am unsure if swapping out the 2 gallon PT for a larger PT would cause any issues when the pump is controlled by the cu301 and result in pre-mature failure...
Since the CP system has not failed yet, I don't want to totally replace all the control parts (CSV, pressure switch, etc...).
Has anyone else ran into this issue before? What would your advice be?
Thanks,
shaun