As director of education with Gicon Pumps and Equipment, Calvin Hale is in charge of technically training employees, vendors and customers on the pump products the company develops.
Last month, we looked at using non-pressurized storage tanks with booster pumps to provide usable amounts of water when you have a slow-producing well. We mentioned several ways of communicating between the storage tank and well pump to tell the pump when to start filling the tank and when to stop. But, what if the tank is a half a mile away from the well up on a hill? That’s the issue we’ll discuss this month.
SJE-Rhombus, a water control solutions manufacturer, recently held a training for 16 attendees at its Detroit Lakes, Minn., headquarters. Trainees included distributors, installers and manufacturers’ representatives.