![]() ![]() I would just lay the pump in the bottom of my 500 gallon static tank, and plumb it to the pressure tank and place a pressure switch on the pressure tank that runs the pump. well pump, they can be had on Amazon for less then 200 bucks. ![]() What I think would be an ideal system and I will do when my shure Flo pump goes bad, is buy just a cheap 110 v a.c. This pump runs off my solar system from the house. This gives us about 40ish psi of water pressure. From the 500 gallon static tank I have a shureflo on demand pump plumbed to a 20 gallon pressure tank. So everyday my tank is full and I pump 3000 ish gallons a day. It pumps to a 500 gallon tank that is open to the atmosphere, no pressure. I have a 6 gpm grundfos sqflex, its wired to 1000 watts of monocrystaline panels at 200 v DC. Thanks for any info you are willing to share. So, my question is which of these two alternative would offer the least impact on the health of my battery bank? Or do you have a recommendation for a pump or setup that will reduce my battery usage in the evenings? ![]() It has a variable smart control that "learns" your plumbing to control speed and power necessary to maintain a pressure you select up to 60#. This pump can be plugged into a 115v outlet and uses 5.7 amps and pumps at a rate of 13 gpm and uses about 550 watts while running. It would power up every time you open a water valve or flush a toilet. Option 2) is a Grundfos scala2 "on demand" pressure pump that would not need the pressure tanks I currently have in place. It is not a soft start pump but will pump up my 98 gallon pressurized tanks in just under 8 minutes which will save some power. The options I have are as follows: 1)I've found a Grundfos JP05D-CI jet pump that is 1/2 hp and is rated at 3.61 amps at 115v or 7.06 amps at 230v that pumps at 12.5 gallons per minute and uses about 770 watts while running. By the way, our household uses 230-260 gallons of water per day and our elevation is 8,600'. I will have the solar to use the well pump during the day to pump into the cistern. I'm thinking of going to a 1000 gallon cistern with a smaller pressure pump so that it can run at night if needed. The current well pump draws 11.2 amps and shows about 2.5 kw while running. The problem is the well pump comes on at night which really hammers our batteries. It takes just over 15 minutes of running to pressurize the house at 30/50# of pressure. Currently we have a soft start Grundfos 5SQ-410 pump that runs at 6.6 gallons per minute into three pressure tanks for a total of 98 pressurize gallons. We have a full time off grid home with a 500' deep well. ![]()
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