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<blockquote data-quote="RandyDSok" data-source="post: 152627" data-attributes="member: 201"><p>I got to brush off my general electrical and plumbing skills... I changed out my ex-GF's water well pump pressure relay switch. It's really not rocket science, it's just something I've never done previously so I did my research first before starting.</p><p></p><p>First up... finding out which breakers ( it's 220v, so two breakers ) the pump was actually on. Several years had passed since the breaker box had been rebuilt ( after a tornado had it's way with it and other things around the house ), so you couldn't see what breaker did what. There were only three "joined" breakers... so I didn't expect it to take long... in fact, I got it on the first try. So... the breaker was off... and I tested it to make certain with a new fork type multimeter I'd picked up ( more on that later ).</p><p></p><p>Next... close the valve going to the house and started to drain the pressure tank through the drain faucet. I took it another step just in case... once the water quit draining I hooked my air compressor up to the tank and got a lot more water out... when it started spitting out dirty water and air... I turned off the compressor.</p><p></p><p>Next... took a pic of the wires just to play it safe and to ensure I didn't forget where they went ( there's only 6, so no biggie ) and undid all of the wireing. Then unscrewed the old relay switch off of the pipe ... cleaned off the old teflon plumbers tape... cleaned off the threads and whatever other junk I saw... applied new teflon tape... and screwed on the new relay switch. After cleaning up the wiring a little bit... I reattached the wiring. Now... I closed off the drain faucet... checked the pressure in the tanks bladder, topped it off to a couple of pounds less than the pressure switches low cut on pressure... and went and turned the pump breaker switches back on. Opened the valve going to the house and had the exGF turn on the taps inside... checked that the pressure switch cycled on/off a couple of times... And closed everything up.</p><p></p><p>All totaled... I'm guessing I spent about an hour and a half to do a job I'd never done... that included the time to find and verify the right breakers as well as however long it took to drain the pressure tank. I even had taken a short computer trouble shooting call in all of that time...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RandyDSok, post: 152627, member: 201"] I got to brush off my general electrical and plumbing skills... I changed out my ex-GF's water well pump pressure relay switch. It's really not rocket science, it's just something I've never done previously so I did my research first before starting. First up... finding out which breakers ( it's 220v, so two breakers ) the pump was actually on. Several years had passed since the breaker box had been rebuilt ( after a tornado had it's way with it and other things around the house ), so you couldn't see what breaker did what. There were only three "joined" breakers... so I didn't expect it to take long... in fact, I got it on the first try. So... the breaker was off... and I tested it to make certain with a new fork type multimeter I'd picked up ( more on that later ). Next... close the valve going to the house and started to drain the pressure tank through the drain faucet. I took it another step just in case... once the water quit draining I hooked my air compressor up to the tank and got a lot more water out... when it started spitting out dirty water and air... I turned off the compressor. Next... took a pic of the wires just to play it safe and to ensure I didn't forget where they went ( there's only 6, so no biggie ) and undid all of the wireing. Then unscrewed the old relay switch off of the pipe ... cleaned off the old teflon plumbers tape... cleaned off the threads and whatever other junk I saw... applied new teflon tape... and screwed on the new relay switch. After cleaning up the wiring a little bit... I reattached the wiring. Now... I closed off the drain faucet... checked the pressure in the tanks bladder, topped it off to a couple of pounds less than the pressure switches low cut on pressure... and went and turned the pump breaker switches back on. Opened the valve going to the house and had the exGF turn on the taps inside... checked that the pressure switch cycled on/off a couple of times... And closed everything up. All totaled... I'm guessing I spent about an hour and a half to do a job I'd never done... that included the time to find and verify the right breakers as well as however long it took to drain the pressure tank. I even had taken a short computer trouble shooting call in all of that time... [/QUOTE]
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