70 elminator
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my property was wiped out in a fire and the well was salvageable. the casing swole up and sagged quite a bit but the integrity was acceptable, to prevent the surface water from infiltrating so I don't think it is contaminated. any way fixed casing and painted cap then for grins wired it to a generator . made pressure for a moment . however I had no idea about start box etc. learned about start box on 3 wire well.
went to store and the choices were 1/2 , 3/4 , and 1-/1/2 looking inside the 1-1/2 it says 1 to 1-1/2 hp inside the case knowing my fathers welly was 400 feet and he was 1 mile away I assume this well was similar in depth.
so I purchased the 1 to 1.5 hp box after looking at depth charts etc.
wired everything up fired up the generator and after a few moments woah!!!!!!!!!! tons of water from one of the yard hydrants.
loved it.
ran the pump for about an hour to find the burned off feed that was for the house.
shut it down for a while and hooked up a hose to fill a water tank I had been using to water baby trees.
it filled the 330 gallons in about 40 minutes. .
any way next day back out there and tried to run the pump and the pressure was minimal.
figured I blew a pipe somewhere but cant find leak.
any way after turning on and off power it seems the well surges tons of water on start and very quickly tapers to a trickle which is rhythmically pulsing more for a while then less 10 seconds or so between .
could the motor be running well on start cap and then loos torque on the run cap since I have no idea what hp the pump is.
it was a monster the first day and ran great. could I have hurt windings? or the cap sized wrong.
went to store and the choices were 1/2 , 3/4 , and 1-/1/2 looking inside the 1-1/2 it says 1 to 1-1/2 hp inside the case knowing my fathers welly was 400 feet and he was 1 mile away I assume this well was similar in depth.
so I purchased the 1 to 1.5 hp box after looking at depth charts etc.
wired everything up fired up the generator and after a few moments woah!!!!!!!!!! tons of water from one of the yard hydrants.
loved it.
ran the pump for about an hour to find the burned off feed that was for the house.
shut it down for a while and hooked up a hose to fill a water tank I had been using to water baby trees.
it filled the 330 gallons in about 40 minutes. .
any way next day back out there and tried to run the pump and the pressure was minimal.
figured I blew a pipe somewhere but cant find leak.
any way after turning on and off power it seems the well surges tons of water on start and very quickly tapers to a trickle which is rhythmically pulsing more for a while then less 10 seconds or so between .
could the motor be running well on start cap and then loos torque on the run cap since I have no idea what hp the pump is.
it was a monster the first day and ran great. could I have hurt windings? or the cap sized wrong.