Welcome Back Nick!
Nice to see your name here - Wrenches continues to be a fabulous
resource - some of us have been here close to 25 years!
So check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnhUGGjv5WM
I don't have direct experience with this wireless sensor but it looks
solid: https://www.rpssolarpumps.com/
A google search reveals some others that look less expensive so take a look.
<https://www.rpssolarpumps.com/>Hope that helps,
Best
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnhUGGjv5WM>
Nick A Lucchese <mailto:[email protected]>
December 31, 2020 at 10:20 AM
Greetings Wrenches,
I’ve mostly been trying to get away from pumping systems but decided
to take on a small solar direct Grundfos system for a friend’s mother
that lives on my road. The well and ideal spot for the array sits
about 1000’ away from the tanks and it’s the typical scenario of
switching over an existing setup where all the plumbing lines have
been buried for many years so there is no opportunity to bury a
conduit or cable for the float switch conductors. I’m aware of the
reverse action pressure switch strategy but do not want to pressure
the fill lines for multiple reasons. Also, the existing float switch
wires do not run all the way to the well head either even if I did
want to rework those and invert the logic with another relay
elsewhere. For obvious reasons I can’t reassign the old power
conductors to the pump either since I need to keep those in place to
use with the IO101 as backup.
I’ve installed many dozens of these systems over the years and have
always found a way around it but this job really begs for some sort of
wireless solution. I’ve been off the Wrenches list for 10 years now so
there are many threads I’ve not seen and figured maybe the group has
come up with a solution strategy for these scenarios by now? Obviously
the age of Wifi, Bluetooth etc has brought us many wireless solutions
that did not exist years ago so I’m hopeful we now have an answer to
these headaches? Even if I needed to add a small battery system to
power it.
Also just want to say how much I appreciate this list. I rejoined a
few weeks ago after 10 years off of it and it is so great to see all
the familiar technicians here. Thank you to Michael and all of you,
new and old, for being part of the good fight to strive for quality
and integrity in this passion we all share. The planet needs us more
than ever and I feel fortunate for every one of you. This list is an
incredible resource!
Hope all of you have a great last few hours of 2020 and a prosperous
2021!
Nick A Lucchese
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