Quazimoto
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Greetings,
At first it seemed easy enough... I had some old and poor corroded wiring going to an expensive, yet old Sta-Rite HNE-L shallow well jet pump. The original owners of this church had used a simple 110 volt plug into a receptacle for power. This caused the brass plug ends to burn up, etc. So, I resolved this with a very big switching system and new wiring, but the new pressure switch burned up also. Okay so I need to repair the pump. Capacitor is good... but the corrosion is so bad that I can not get this apart without some risk of damaging components or worse the motor itself. I will have to use my torches to get the long and narrow bolts out of the housing to even begin to look at the issues in this.
I had thought it is a bit noisy and may not worth repairing. At least not until I found the same replacement pump is going to be $800. It has specs; 28.5 GPM 1HP 25 ft of draw 1.25" in and 1 inch out. I fantasized about using a irrigation pump, had a laugh and looked around. I see of course some "shallow well" pumps such as the "Red Lion" and it seems not so costly, but it seems to be a centrifugal pump.
Unfortunately for our church gardening club I have little experience in wells or the issues of why a pressure switch will burn out. I am very good at electronics and electricity, rebuilding generators, alternators, motors and such. Also a lot of experience in machines and hydraulics but not wells... I am very, very tired after a hard weekend so after looking for answers on the net my question now is; anyone have any advice on my path here? Are we stuck using city water to irrigate the most needed trees, etc and forgo the garden until we can buy the same unit?
I did note that once I took the pump out the water level in the intake pipe was at the very top and this is about 14 inches from the ground here in St Pete, FL. This makes me wonder if an irrigation pump may be okay for this application? Granted there may be a check valve involved in this too. There is a rainbird controller and we would be watering less than half acre of land, and can use several zones to do this so I am wondering if I can use a smaller pump until we can put together some money for this big one? Any links to a source to help me figure out how I can break up the system into smaller runs would also be great. Our church and community center doesn't get money for what we do and we do not want to start charging for what we do so I like to be creative... if possible.
I thank you for taking the time and interest to read through all this. I apologize for the length as I am not entirely certain of what I can do with what we have here.
At first it seemed easy enough... I had some old and poor corroded wiring going to an expensive, yet old Sta-Rite HNE-L shallow well jet pump. The original owners of this church had used a simple 110 volt plug into a receptacle for power. This caused the brass plug ends to burn up, etc. So, I resolved this with a very big switching system and new wiring, but the new pressure switch burned up also. Okay so I need to repair the pump. Capacitor is good... but the corrosion is so bad that I can not get this apart without some risk of damaging components or worse the motor itself. I will have to use my torches to get the long and narrow bolts out of the housing to even begin to look at the issues in this.
I had thought it is a bit noisy and may not worth repairing. At least not until I found the same replacement pump is going to be $800. It has specs; 28.5 GPM 1HP 25 ft of draw 1.25" in and 1 inch out. I fantasized about using a irrigation pump, had a laugh and looked around. I see of course some "shallow well" pumps such as the "Red Lion" and it seems not so costly, but it seems to be a centrifugal pump.
Unfortunately for our church gardening club I have little experience in wells or the issues of why a pressure switch will burn out. I am very good at electronics and electricity, rebuilding generators, alternators, motors and such. Also a lot of experience in machines and hydraulics but not wells... I am very, very tired after a hard weekend so after looking for answers on the net my question now is; anyone have any advice on my path here? Are we stuck using city water to irrigate the most needed trees, etc and forgo the garden until we can buy the same unit?
I did note that once I took the pump out the water level in the intake pipe was at the very top and this is about 14 inches from the ground here in St Pete, FL. This makes me wonder if an irrigation pump may be okay for this application? Granted there may be a check valve involved in this too. There is a rainbird controller and we would be watering less than half acre of land, and can use several zones to do this so I am wondering if I can use a smaller pump until we can put together some money for this big one? Any links to a source to help me figure out how I can break up the system into smaller runs would also be great. Our church and community center doesn't get money for what we do and we do not want to start charging for what we do so I like to be creative... if possible.
I thank you for taking the time and interest to read through all this. I apologize for the length as I am not entirely certain of what I can do with what we have here.