[RE-wrenches] Well pump with Sol-Ark

[Darryl Thayer]

I have off grid customers where I have them install 1/2 HP pump, also
Franklin soft start seems to help, low cost but I do not know how it works,
it has a start capacitor I think.

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023, 1:23 PM James Jarvis via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 1:14 PM Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar via
> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:
>
>> Even the SQ pump without the controller will soft start and should work with
>> any inverter built for offgrid.
>>
>> The SQ pumps work great off grid. Easily run on 24 volt Magnum inverters
> without even flickering the lights. Super reliable.
>
> I would avoid residential size VFD driven constant pressure pumps. I ended
> up with one at my current house. The VFDs go pretty regularly. My well
> service company can swap out a VFD in about 20 minutes and they always have
> a whole bunch of them on their shelves. They apparently do it quite a bit.
>
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