corpfan1
New Member
Hi everyone,
I have been doing a lot of reading here on and off and need some input to help me.
Last year my CU 301 kept going into maintenance mode (little red light with Turtle on) and the water shut off. I would flip the breaker or power switch on my wall and all started working again. This happened about a dozen times every 5-14 days or so. Then for almost a year, all worked fine with no issues. Then a couple days ago, water went off and flipping the switch/breaker didn't do anything at all...the CU 301 was simply not coming back on.
Yesterday, called my local well / plumbing specialist (who installed a new water pressure tank (2 Gallon V6P) about a year and a half ago because it was old and waterlogged) and after testing, he said the Grundfos SQE water well pump was shot. He returned today with the replacement part 15SQE 10-220 and installed it and and nothing... so he said the Grundfos CU 301 was also shot as it was just clicking and nothing was happening (although there was power to it - green lights inside were on). He installed a 40-80 (or at least that was what he set it at...he said they could be set at pretty much anything) pressure switch. But he said this is a temporary solution until we get a new controller. He said try not to use the water too much until then and he would call me tomorrow with the price of a new controller (today is a holiday here in Canada).
I had mentioned to him about the CSV or Cycle Stop Valves and he heard of them he said but never installed them before and said it is up to me what I want done....but he warned me about the controller working hand in hand with the new SQE pump and how it has protection mechanisms for various things such as:
Dry running of the pump
Service alarm
Defective sensor
Overload
Over-temperature
Speed Reduction
Voltage alarm
No contact to pump
Etc... all the stuff you read on the Grundfos advertising and manual, etc...
So, now I need to figure out what to do. I am not concerned that much about money (spending $300 CDN vs. $950 CDN for the CSV vs Controller)... I just want to do what is best for the system, life of parts, use in the home, etc...
Any feedback is appreciated.
We have owned the home for 4 years, but the controller and well pump were both about 10-15 years old (I assume installed when the house was built in 2006 or so). I can't tell if anything has been replaced since as there have been 2 owners in between myself and original builder.
Bottom line is the service guy is calling or emailing me tomorrow morning with a price for the Grundfos CU 301 and can probably install it tomorrow...or I can try and get it cheaper and have him install it next week when I get it OR I can go the CSV or whatever route makes sense. Only problem with the CSV, I am looking at 2-4 weeks before I can get one it seems (Walmart and Amazon both carry them here and say delivery would be late July or August).
Thanks!
corfpan1
I have been doing a lot of reading here on and off and need some input to help me.
Last year my CU 301 kept going into maintenance mode (little red light with Turtle on) and the water shut off. I would flip the breaker or power switch on my wall and all started working again. This happened about a dozen times every 5-14 days or so. Then for almost a year, all worked fine with no issues. Then a couple days ago, water went off and flipping the switch/breaker didn't do anything at all...the CU 301 was simply not coming back on.
Yesterday, called my local well / plumbing specialist (who installed a new water pressure tank (2 Gallon V6P) about a year and a half ago because it was old and waterlogged) and after testing, he said the Grundfos SQE water well pump was shot. He returned today with the replacement part 15SQE 10-220 and installed it and and nothing... so he said the Grundfos CU 301 was also shot as it was just clicking and nothing was happening (although there was power to it - green lights inside were on). He installed a 40-80 (or at least that was what he set it at...he said they could be set at pretty much anything) pressure switch. But he said this is a temporary solution until we get a new controller. He said try not to use the water too much until then and he would call me tomorrow with the price of a new controller (today is a holiday here in Canada).
I had mentioned to him about the CSV or Cycle Stop Valves and he heard of them he said but never installed them before and said it is up to me what I want done....but he warned me about the controller working hand in hand with the new SQE pump and how it has protection mechanisms for various things such as:
Dry running of the pump
Service alarm
Defective sensor
Overload
Over-temperature
Speed Reduction
Voltage alarm
No contact to pump
Etc... all the stuff you read on the Grundfos advertising and manual, etc...
So, now I need to figure out what to do. I am not concerned that much about money (spending $300 CDN vs. $950 CDN for the CSV vs Controller)... I just want to do what is best for the system, life of parts, use in the home, etc...
Any feedback is appreciated.
We have owned the home for 4 years, but the controller and well pump were both about 10-15 years old (I assume installed when the house was built in 2006 or so). I can't tell if anything has been replaced since as there have been 2 owners in between myself and original builder.
Bottom line is the service guy is calling or emailing me tomorrow morning with a price for the Grundfos CU 301 and can probably install it tomorrow...or I can try and get it cheaper and have him install it next week when I get it OR I can go the CSV or whatever route makes sense. Only problem with the CSV, I am looking at 2-4 weeks before I can get one it seems (Walmart and Amazon both carry them here and say delivery would be late July or August).
Thanks!
corfpan1