twobeemers
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The well guy was out again this morning replacing the CU301 Controller for the 3rd time in 18 months. The house was built new in '07 and we needed a high capacity pump (4 full baths including one shower with 6 shower heads - one of the wife's very few "must haves" when we built) and that's what we ended up with.
So we're on controller #3 or 4 and so far, no one has been able to tell me why they keep failing other than a shrug and "electrical". So have a new controller but it's just a matter of time before it fails from everything I've been reading. So I want to take some action - besides stashing a few gallons of drinking water in the basement - to cover myself for next time I wake up and HAVE to get to work and find I can't take a shower.
To that end, I'm likely to take the numerous suggestions here and install a Cycle Stop valve and a pressure switch (which looks like should cost about the same as a new controller anyway). Can I install the CSV and run with the controller until it pukes and then buypass it with a pressure switch, or should I jsut trash the controller box at my first opportunity and go from there?
I've also been reading that I can (temporarily) bypass the controller and the pump will run (provided it's not trashed). How would I go about hooking one of those up so I can switch over to it in the event of another failure?
Thanks in advance.
So we're on controller #3 or 4 and so far, no one has been able to tell me why they keep failing other than a shrug and "electrical". So have a new controller but it's just a matter of time before it fails from everything I've been reading. So I want to take some action - besides stashing a few gallons of drinking water in the basement - to cover myself for next time I wake up and HAVE to get to work and find I can't take a shower.
To that end, I'm likely to take the numerous suggestions here and install a Cycle Stop valve and a pressure switch (which looks like should cost about the same as a new controller anyway). Can I install the CSV and run with the controller until it pukes and then buypass it with a pressure switch, or should I jsut trash the controller box at my first opportunity and go from there?
I've also been reading that I can (temporarily) bypass the controller and the pump will run (provided it's not trashed). How would I go about hooking one of those up so I can switch over to it in the event of another failure?
Thanks in advance.
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