Steelwinky
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I’m hoping someone with a little better understanding of how a pump saver works can help me out. I’m running an irrigation pump direct with no pressure tank or pressure switch. Basically, I turn it on only to water the yard. I bought a pump saver 233p hoping it might save my pump if anything goes haywire. After installing it, I let the pump suck a little air to try and create a dry well scenario. The pump saver shut the pump down as it should have. My main concern is pump dead head though. I shut the water valve off on the pump while it was running, hoping this would create a deadhead pump trip. It did not. My sensitivity is turned all the way up, so that’s not in play here.
Should the pump saver shut the pump down immediately upon a deadhead situation? What is the pump saver detecting that tells it to shut down in the event of a deadhead?
I hope someone can help me understand this a little better. As it stands, I’m not confident the pump will shut of if there is a blockage in my hose, or if a valve shuts off accidentally.
Should the pump saver shut the pump down immediately upon a deadhead situation? What is the pump saver detecting that tells it to shut down in the event of a deadhead?
I hope someone can help me understand this a little better. As it stands, I’m not confident the pump will shut of if there is a blockage in my hose, or if a valve shuts off accidentally.