You are always easy if not relaxing to watch, understand and learn from, Engineer775! Thank you , keep cranking out these logical & well filmed projects, sir.
Relying on pumps is a freaken nightmare! They always wear out and they do it in the middle of the night. Furthermore I've found out that even if you have TWO flood alarms installed they can wear out too.
2:45 I don’t know if NEC covers this, that’s up to the local inspector though. But you may want to remove those two wires from L2 and wire nut them with a pig tail. Then land the pig tail to L2.
It's hard to see in the video but it looks like a single phase contactor system. You said it was a 3 phase pump. Are you using the capacitor to run a 3 phase pump on a single phase power source?
i noticed that too.. What threw me off is the main wire for the pump is a 4x wire. which would seem like 3 phase plus it is a commercial building that would have 3phase service. It looked like maybe they were switching the Neutral, but who knows for sure.
Let me first say that I really appreciate ur informational videos. I don't want to sound stupid but since I'm a novice but very much interested in agricultural irrigation systems. Can u plz explain to me the use of bladder tank & where it should installed at water source from a submersible pump or after flow of water from water holding tanks. Awaiting ur reply?
The bladder is used to provide compressible air and when used with a pressure switch allows for a simple control to turn the pump off and on. Without a bladder tank the system would hammer on and off as water is not compressible. Bladder tanks can be placed just about anywhere in the system.
understand that wasn't the finished product we cut them down and put some strut sideways to stiffen things up and then the whole thing gets covered up anyway.
I would try to use SS strut & mounting hardware for all wet environments. Very least, use Zinc-It spray on cut ends of strut to slow down the inevitable corrosion, & anti-seize on mounting hardware will easy allow disassembly down the road. I try to envision servicing, but most guys don't care.
You are always easy if not relaxing to watch, understand and learn from, Engineer775!
Thank you , keep cranking out these logical & well filmed projects, sir.
It's a nice feeling when learn that my pump controller and pump protector are the same the ones that Engineer 775 uses.
Love your stuff, from Australia.
Relying on pumps is a freaken nightmare! They always wear out and they do it in the middle of the night. Furthermore I've found out that even if you have TWO flood alarms installed they can wear out too.
Nice job
Excellent info as always... I have a problem with my ram pump... it won't shut off! lol
2:45 I don’t know if NEC covers this, that’s up to the local inspector though. But you may want to remove those two wires from L2 and wire nut them with a pig tail. Then land the pig tail to L2.
Good catch I was following the wiring diagram from Franklin.
Great video. Interested to see how the Pico is working.
The Picocell works great. we pumped 6,000 gallons that day.
How is it 3 phase with only 2 wires going through the contactor and using capacitors?
geareview i was wondering the same thing
Must use a static phase converter. Dropping the load on an inverter would wreck it.
It's hard to see in the video but it looks like a single phase contactor system. You said it was a 3 phase pump. Are you using the capacitor to run a 3 phase pump on a single phase power source?
i noticed that too..
What threw me off is the main wire for the pump is a 4x wire. which would seem like 3 phase plus it is a commercial building that would have 3phase service.
It looked like maybe they were switching the Neutral, but who knows for sure.
Yes everything in the system is single phase.I had just put a three phased pump in the well and it was 100 degrees out so I apologize
Hello from newberry Florida
Let me first say that I really appreciate ur informational videos. I don't want to sound stupid but since I'm a novice but very much interested in agricultural irrigation systems. Can u plz explain to me the use of bladder tank & where it should installed at water source from a submersible pump or after flow of water from water holding tanks. Awaiting ur reply?
The bladder is used to provide compressible air and when used with a pressure switch allows for a simple control to turn the pump off and on. Without a bladder tank the system would hammer on and off as water is not compressible. Bladder tanks can be placed just about anywhere in the system.
Engineer775 Thanks a Million Buddy
That must be quite the landscape out front of the Komatsu plant to need 5000 gallons of water each morning.
Yeah it's a pretty nice set up with koi ponds flowers grass etc.
Does the motor controller use inverter technology to change single phase to three phase power to the pump?
Sorry I misspoke The pump in the well is three phase but the pump in that tank is 1 phase.
So the solar does all the work again and the high priced pump just makes pressure.
The solar fills the tank slow insteady and then the Franklin pump provides the volume and pressure in the time required before the sun comes up.
I like the design but the electrical installation looks awful and those unistruts driven into the ground are impalement hazards.
understand that wasn't the finished product we cut them down and put some strut sideways to stiffen things up and then the whole thing gets covered up anyway.
I would try to use SS strut & mounting hardware for all wet environments. Very least, use Zinc-It spray on cut ends of strut to slow down the inevitable corrosion, & anti-seize on mounting hardware will easy allow disassembly down the road. I try to envision servicing, but most guys don't care.