Pump controls
Pump controls
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I've been asked to design a small pumphouse to replace a 45 year old system for a campground and bunkhouse. The existing system works well so I will basically copy it. Except for the pump control (old Heally Ruff). It works well but can't be serviced locally.
The exiting system is split, campground summer only, bunkhouse all year. The bunkhouse pumps are controlled based on pressure. The campground pumps are controlled based on the level in a 2000 gallon holding tank (gravity feed from the tank to the campground). The pressure system is easy but I'm not sure about how to easily control the pumps from floats in the holding tank. We'd like to keep it as simple as possible.
The exiting system is split, campground summer only, bunkhouse all year. The bunkhouse pumps are controlled based on pressure. The campground pumps are controlled based on the level in a 2000 gallon holding tank (gravity feed from the tank to the campground). The pressure system is easy but I'm not sure about how to easily control the pumps from floats in the holding tank. We'd like to keep it as simple as possible.





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What type of control system, floats are on it now?
Is this a metal tank?
Any openings or ports on top?
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http://www.omega.com/Green/pdf/LV120.pdf
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The tank is plastic and it has openings in the top.
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I think that is what needed
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http://www.healyruff.com
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The only draw backs are very cold weather that might freeze water in the tank, which is equally bad for other tank control types. The only other problem with electrodes is when the water supply introduces oil that traps on the tank water surface in a tank. Oil can come from an oil lubricated well and sometimes from tank coatings; both of these oil sources are rapidly becomming extinct.
BTW, the Healy-Ruff Company is still alive and well. Except for their old 940 Roto-Trol float controller most of their current control systems are electronic and electro-mechanical, but they might be able to suggest a way to modernize your current controls. St. Paul, MN, 651-633-7522.