Well, here at the Oasis we have a battery-based grid-tie system. My entire
home/office runs through the inverter, it's a single Radian, older 8048 that
was installed around 2014. In 2016 I had to have a new well drilled (our water
table's dropping here in the valley), and had to go from 186 ft. to 289 ft.
deep. I now have a 3 HP Goulds, with soft-start, in place and it has worked
flawlessly. It's got a Franklin motor, Goulds pump end and Aquavar Solo
controller (Part nos. S09970, 18GS30, and 3AS30 respectively). I run that pump
about 3 days a week in the summer, as we have over 3500 ft. of drip and a big
garden. And plenty of sun. It keeps my pressure tank constantly between 58
and 61PSI (I believe that's adjustable).
I love the Goulds product line; my first 1.5HP 240VAC pump lasted 25 years; we
have a little sand in our good water here so the ability to handle abrasives is
important. There's my 2 cents worth.
Good luck!
Chris Daum
Oasis Montana Inc.
406-777-4309 or 4321
406-777-4309 fax
www.oasismontana.com
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From: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org> On Behalf Of
frenergy
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 9:50 AM
To: re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Wellpump VS Radian
I need some actual off-grid experience some of you wrenches may have had with
with a (or 2) Radian(s) starting and running a 3HP, 230Volt, single phase,
3-wire submersible well pump. It would be starting against a
50-100 foot static level in the well and a pressure in the pressure tank of
35psi.
Yesterday I clamped a 2 HP well pump and during start up got an
inrush current on a Fluke of 38 amps (both legs), which was against 200 feet of
water column and 40psi in the tank. Unfortunately, I need a 3HP pump for this
install. I've read specs on all sorts of data sheets, running amps, max
amps,locked rotor amps, but I need real world knowledge. What do we know?
Bill
Feather River Solar Electric
Bill Battagin, Owner
4291 Nelson St.
Taylorsville, CA 95983
530.284.7849
CA Lic 874049
www.frenergy.net
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