Powering Well

[KennyG]

Hello,

I have a well on my property that only has a pump in it. No power, control boxes, switches or tanks. Just a well and an unknown pump in it that was last tested in 2012.

There are 4 wires coming out of the well is the only clue on what kind of pump it may be.

My question is how do I connect a generator to this well and get it to run? I need to first test if the pump even works and second I need to cleanse the well in prep of getting a water sample done for the county. Where would the water come out of? Thanks

 

[Valveman]

With 3+1 wires you will need a pump control box of the correct or larger size than the pump/motor. Then yes, you just connect the control box to a generator and turn it on. You can get fairly close to size of the pump with an ohm test. Otherwise, I would just connect a 1.5HP control box and see what happens. Water will comes out of the drop pipe that is holding the pump in the well.

 

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[KennyG]

With 3+1 wires you will need a pump control box of the correct or larger size than the pump/motor. Then yes, you just connect the control box to a generator and turn it on. You can get fairly close to size of the pump with an ohm test. Otherwise, I would just connect a 1.5HP control box and see what happens. Water will comes out of the drop pipe that is holding the pump in the well.

Thank you!

 

[KennyG]

With 3+1 wires you will need a pump control box of the correct or larger size than the pump/motor. Then yes, you just connect the control box to a generator and turn it on. You can get fairly close to size of the pump with an ohm test. Otherwise, I would just connect a 1.5HP control box and see what happens. Water will comes out of the drop pipe that is holding the pump in the well.

Hello, so I'm having difficulty figuring out how to connect a generator to the control box. The 240v cable for the generator has 3 conductors and a ground so 4 wires. How do I connect this to the control box that only has L1-L2-Ground?

 

[LLigetfa]

The 240v cable for the generator has 3 conductors and a ground so 4 wires.

Those would be two hots, one neutral, and a ground. Leave off the neutral.