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I'm wondering if anyone has had some experience with a situation like mine.
Here's what I'm dealing with:
My well is around 1,300 feet from my building. The well head is about 200 feet elevation below the building and is about 300 feet deep. So the pump pushes the water uphill around 500 feet.
Putting the pressure tank near the well at the bottom of the hill would have required an unrealistic ammount of pressure to push the water up the hill. Running 220v power from the pressure tank in the building 1,300 feet to the well would have required a huge power cable at huge expense. So, the well has (or will have) separate power service.
I talked this over with the well driller a couple of years ago, and he checked off on the plan.
The well at the bottom of the hill will have it's own power service. The well pump control panel is in the pump house near the well. A low-voltage wire will then run up the hill to the pressure tank in the building. The well driller indicated that I could use a low-voltage pressure switch at the top of the hill to send a signal 1,300 feet away to the well pump control panel to turn the pump on and off. With this setup, the pressure switch doesn't have to carry the high voltage necessary to power the pump -- it's only used to send a signal to a switch which turns the power on and off.
Anyone have any experience with a well this far away from the pressure switch? I've looked around on the internet for a pressure switch and pump controller that will do what I want, but I haven't seen anything. Before I talk with the well driller again, I'd just like to know if anyone has any advice?
Here's what I'm dealing with:
My well is around 1,300 feet from my building. The well head is about 200 feet elevation below the building and is about 300 feet deep. So the pump pushes the water uphill around 500 feet.
Putting the pressure tank near the well at the bottom of the hill would have required an unrealistic ammount of pressure to push the water up the hill. Running 220v power from the pressure tank in the building 1,300 feet to the well would have required a huge power cable at huge expense. So, the well has (or will have) separate power service.
I talked this over with the well driller a couple of years ago, and he checked off on the plan.
The well at the bottom of the hill will have it's own power service. The well pump control panel is in the pump house near the well. A low-voltage wire will then run up the hill to the pressure tank in the building. The well driller indicated that I could use a low-voltage pressure switch at the top of the hill to send a signal 1,300 feet away to the well pump control panel to turn the pump on and off. With this setup, the pressure switch doesn't have to carry the high voltage necessary to power the pump -- it's only used to send a signal to a switch which turns the power on and off.
Anyone have any experience with a well this far away from the pressure switch? I've looked around on the internet for a pressure switch and pump controller that will do what I want, but I haven't seen anything. Before I talk with the well driller again, I'd just like to know if anyone has any advice?