Posted by cket on June 18, 2009, 0:27:34, in reply to "Re: water powered"
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This is all very good. I had experience in pumps and redundant pumps systems. The large motors were atop and the pumps Way down there. There were conversions to different float types and actuators. One set to nominal level and the other acceptable higher then the backups beyond that.
On my own property haste caused me to neglect one simple item which is that simple flap valve. Usually you need the valve to maintain some prime on the head of a submersible but this was more lateral and gathered yard runoff to shoot downroad.
That dang snake. The pump burned up and I couldn't figure out why for it was encapsulated in a drum where the float would not get hung up. naturally i had to take it apart and find snake wrapped around the impeller. It just had to slink thru the discharge pipe when idle and somehow was trying to back up when the pump started. hellofaway to go as it had current limiters. Every time it clicked on it would wind it tighter.
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