Or maybe they had some rotten kids that would shut off the water on their old man when he was all lathered up in the shower... ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 9:40 AM Meade Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> wrote: > They might be giants... > > Was the switch located up high to keep it out of the spring floods? Or > were they trying to save wire, make a short run? Or was the floor dug out > to make the room deeper after the switch was installed? > > > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 8:34 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> IIRC I've already told you guys about our plans to rebuild the house up >> north. We just returned from a 2 week trip up there. On this trip I wanted >> to spend time evaluating the house and making a plan of attack. One of the >> things I looked at was the water system. >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/UPi2hLpSjBRTs65U6That's the pump and pressure >> tank. That pump is at least 40 years old, maybe more: >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/zyNUxCMYGi4eTMnv7 >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/6KqRFghXQA2DUe5P9This is the electric that >> controls the pump, the one that actually runs the pump is the rear one, the >> front one is the pump for the cistern. The "soft water system" as the >> previous owner says. That system is all disconnected and hasn't been used >> in years. >> It's hard to tell from the picture but the switch is about 8 FEET off the >> ground. I can just reach it if I stand on the platform the pump is on. You >> can also see that the switched being used is nestled right in the pipes... >> Obviously a stupid location. >> I'd like to move the whole dang thing down about 4 feet and out from the >> wall about 2 feet which would put it about 2 feet above the pump and maybe >> a foot in front of it. Do any of you geniuses see a reason I shouldn't? I'm >> going to eliminate the soft water wiring entirely, we don't need it... >> The pump works, in the third picture its turned off but I pushed the >> lever up and the pump started. It built about 55# of pressure and shut off. >> When the pressure gets down to about 10# it turns back on. We've got >> another pump so if/when this one fails I can just swap over. It's loud but >> I can't complain about it otherwise... >> -Curt >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
