[RE-wrenches] Need two wire submersible cable and water pump miscellany

[William Miller]

Friends:



Thanks to all of you that offered suggestions.  I found what I needed for
this project:  Nassau National Cable offered a two wire, 14 AWG CU tray
cable.  Attached is the data sheet if anyone is interested.



The vendor can be found at:  *www.nassaunationalcable.com
<http://www.nassauelectrical.com/>*.  They were very responsive.



The cable mated quite nicely with the small gauge leads on the low water
sensor and even with a very tough jacket was small enough to fit alongside
the pump power cables in the conduit at the well-head.



By the way, this installation used a Picocell 2000 pump controller which
converts DC to single or three phase at 120 or 230 VAC.  It is good up to 1
HP or a bit more.  It is a nice product.  I recommend an outboard DC switch
and an adjacent J-box to hold service loops since the wiring compartment is
quite small.  The controller is set up with gland fittings to facilitate
jacketed cables but we switched those out for NMLT.  I have always
preferred to protect wiring.



As another aside, our local well technicians could not source a low water
sensor for us. Thunderbird solar has them.  Locally, the well technicians
like using the Franklin pump-saver to protect a pump from dry running.  I
don’t prefer the pump-saver because they are fickle, expensive and require
some duration of dry run before they shut down.  We prefer a down-hole
sensor.  With the lowering of water tables here in the arid west, it is
important to be able to protect well pumps from dry running and to provide
for intermittent pumping to allow maximum production on slow-recharge
wells.  All of our wells will have low water sensors from now on.



William Miller



Miller Solar

17395 Oak Road, Atascadero, CA 93422

805-438-5600

www.millersolar.com

CA Lic. 773985
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