Articles Tagged with ''Submersible pumps''

Consider this scenario: You go to a flea market, and spot an electric motor that looks similar to the one on the wash-down pump in your barn that is starting to make noise.

At the recent South Atlantic Well Drillers Jubilee in Virginia Beach, Va., we had the good fortune to be able to spend a few minutes with Dave Hanson at the Design Water Technologies booth.

Why do pump motors fail?

This month, we will cover the other two main components in a standard panel – the contactor or starter, and the overload protection devices.

A three-phase pump control panel is the interface between the incoming three-phase power and the pump.

"The last two articles in this series on electricity focused on single-phase pumped water systems. This article will be the first of several on three-phase systems."

Submersible pump accessories are the plumbing and electrical components of a pumped water system that are particular to a submersible pump system vs. a jet pump system. For simplicity’s sake, we will divide them into two categories – down-hole accessories, and aboveground accessories.

Check valves permit water flow in one direction only, and are required on all submersible pump installations.

The potential problems and available solutions for single-phase pump and motor systems.