My brain won't let me sleep because this is bothering me. My Goulds J10S 1HP 230vac jet pump had the housing break open because it ran while dry during freezing weather.
I have a cistern that it pulls from and another pump fills the cistern but I need to replace the switch for the other pump because it keeps failing to turn the pump on when the water is too low. But that is another issue. For now I want to address the jet pump and am trying to find something easy-to-install that won't break the bank that can tell the jet pump to shut off if the water in the cistern gets too low or if it senses it is pumping air instead of water.
I saw there is something called Pumptec QD but it apparently won't work to stop a pump if there is power cycling or "waterlocked". Not sure what water locked means. I think the Pumptec Plus may be overkill. I'm wondering about the Franklin Electronics Pumptec, how it would be installed, and whether it would work.
I'm also interested in other options. My pumps are hard-wired and the pressure switch on my jet pump is mounted to the pump.
The double compression fitting had to be eliminated after this picture was taken because it kept blowing apart. The wires coming out of the jet pump to power it are not very long. They were not long enough to reach the tee on the pressure tank. They *might* be long enough to reach the metal wall and I might be able to get some sort of junction box or pump saver mounted there if I use a pvc board and some tapcons or something.
There are currently no electrical outlets in the shed to plug anything in but I plan to add some 15A GFCI outlets eventually. They will be mounted on the ridge beam on the ceiling of the shed. I have a sub panel in the shed now with 3 breakers. One for future outlets, one for the belt-driven pump that fills the cistern, and one for the jet pump.
I eventually plan to add junction boxes and conduit for the pumps and the annoying switch on top of the cistern.
It isn't too far from the jet pump to the back wall of the shed and I'll have to see how long the wires are.
Any suggestions/recommendations that won't break the bank? It was almost $800 to replace the jet pump this time and will cost at least $70 to have it installed. This broken jet pump was purchased in March 2024 so it wasn't old.
I have a cistern that it pulls from and another pump fills the cistern but I need to replace the switch for the other pump because it keeps failing to turn the pump on when the water is too low. But that is another issue. For now I want to address the jet pump and am trying to find something easy-to-install that won't break the bank that can tell the jet pump to shut off if the water in the cistern gets too low or if it senses it is pumping air instead of water.
I saw there is something called Pumptec QD but it apparently won't work to stop a pump if there is power cycling or "waterlocked". Not sure what water locked means. I think the Pumptec Plus may be overkill. I'm wondering about the Franklin Electronics Pumptec, how it would be installed, and whether it would work.
I'm also interested in other options. My pumps are hard-wired and the pressure switch on my jet pump is mounted to the pump.
The double compression fitting had to be eliminated after this picture was taken because it kept blowing apart. The wires coming out of the jet pump to power it are not very long. They were not long enough to reach the tee on the pressure tank. They *might* be long enough to reach the metal wall and I might be able to get some sort of junction box or pump saver mounted there if I use a pvc board and some tapcons or something.
There are currently no electrical outlets in the shed to plug anything in but I plan to add some 15A GFCI outlets eventually. They will be mounted on the ridge beam on the ceiling of the shed. I have a sub panel in the shed now with 3 breakers. One for future outlets, one for the belt-driven pump that fills the cistern, and one for the jet pump.
I eventually plan to add junction boxes and conduit for the pumps and the annoying switch on top of the cistern.
It isn't too far from the jet pump to the back wall of the shed and I'll have to see how long the wires are.
Any suggestions/recommendations that won't break the bank? It was almost $800 to replace the jet pump this time and will cost at least $70 to have it installed. This broken jet pump was purchased in March 2024 so it wasn't old.
