I have a 350 ft. well...no city water where I live.
Single phase 220VAC power comes into my well shed.
From there it goes to a breaker box that supplies power to my compressor (220VAC) and my pressure pump (110VAC) and lights .
If I'm away on a trip and one of my pvc pipes or a garden hose connection bursts.....my pressure pump will sense the drop in pressure.
The pressure pump will pump ALL the water out of my holding tank and the compressor will stay on and try to make it up until I get back from traveling.
It'll run continuously until it burns up.
I don't want to turn everything off every time I go to the lake for a day, etc.....
That would work but I would forget, etc.
What I need is a timer of some sort that .....
If the power to my well shed FLOWS for ..say.....15 minutes......the timer will break the connection.
It has to reset because my compressor comes on to fill the tank up 4 or 5 times per day.
My well is healthy and the compressor will fill up a 500 gal holding tank in 8 minutes
This timer would have to go between the power pole and my breaker box.....
There may be something available commercially....
Any ideas from the crowd....?
Thanks
Single phase 220VAC power comes into my well shed.
From there it goes to a breaker box that supplies power to my compressor (220VAC) and my pressure pump (110VAC) and lights .
If I'm away on a trip and one of my pvc pipes or a garden hose connection bursts.....my pressure pump will sense the drop in pressure.
The pressure pump will pump ALL the water out of my holding tank and the compressor will stay on and try to make it up until I get back from traveling.
It'll run continuously until it burns up.
I don't want to turn everything off every time I go to the lake for a day, etc.....
That would work but I would forget, etc.
What I need is a timer of some sort that .....
If the power to my well shed FLOWS for ..say.....15 minutes......the timer will break the connection.
It has to reset because my compressor comes on to fill the tank up 4 or 5 times per day.
My well is healthy and the compressor will fill up a 500 gal holding tank in 8 minutes
This timer would have to go between the power pole and my breaker box.....
There may be something available commercially....
Any ideas from the crowd....?
Thanks