Sixdays
Water well drilling contractor
Howdy, been a while since I visited the forum but as always there is an amazing amount of knowledge here!
Anyhow, I have a question that somebody may have a quick answer to. I rebuild a few Sta-rite MSE pumps and usually put the pump in a barrel of water with an ejector rigged up to test them. Of course half the time a piece of trash plugs the jet and I have to clean it out. Not a big deal but in order to save time I tried just submerging the pump end in a bucket of water. The idea is to run the pump and flush out any junk before I install it and plug a jet assembly on somebody's well. So, I tried this approach and the pump motor starts too slow, never gets up to speed and just pulls too many amps................ Before I condem the motor (which may be bad) I just wondering if this set-up is "over-amping" the motor"? Motor is wired to run on 110V and ran fine on the bench with no load (yes I know the motor could still be bad...........hahaha).
Oh yes, I recently ran a few MSE pumps with no ejector on my test barrel. I just plugged the drive side port and put an old footvalve on the suction side............ seems like that worked OK........... still had to use the barrel though..
Any ideas..... suggestions for dealing with MSE pumps..?
Thanks,
TS
Anyhow, I have a question that somebody may have a quick answer to. I rebuild a few Sta-rite MSE pumps and usually put the pump in a barrel of water with an ejector rigged up to test them. Of course half the time a piece of trash plugs the jet and I have to clean it out. Not a big deal but in order to save time I tried just submerging the pump end in a bucket of water. The idea is to run the pump and flush out any junk before I install it and plug a jet assembly on somebody's well. So, I tried this approach and the pump motor starts too slow, never gets up to speed and just pulls too many amps................ Before I condem the motor (which may be bad) I just wondering if this set-up is "over-amping" the motor"? Motor is wired to run on 110V and ran fine on the bench with no load (yes I know the motor could still be bad...........hahaha).
Oh yes, I recently ran a few MSE pumps with no ejector on my test barrel. I just plugged the drive side port and put an old footvalve on the suction side............ seems like that worked OK........... still had to use the barrel though..
Any ideas..... suggestions for dealing with MSE pumps..?
Thanks,
TS
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