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Recently the well had been tripping the circuit breaker. This well is a shared well with 4 homes, so it has a large separate motor and pump on it. Yesterday we finally could not get anymore water on it just resetting the breaker and the control panel had to have a relay replaced on it from the breaker tripping so much, still no go. We finally had a well servicing company come out and they had to pull the pump and motor.
The motors windings were shot and the only problem is the fact that the motor's manufacture had been sold out 3 times since the well was put in 25 years ago. Since this motor is a 3 horse power and this model was no longer available we had a head scratching time with it. We ended up that one of the guys has been in the business for the last 30 years took one look at it and popped in a 3 and half horse motor that was in his truck, he then replaced the pressure switch and the wiring down to the pump and we were back in the water.
We have a account set up for the well and we had $2,500 in the maintenance account and that was only because we all insisted that we have a reserve set up for the bigger bills. So the big bill was a little over the reserve but not as a big a ouch as it could of been.
The motors windings were shot and the only problem is the fact that the motor's manufacture had been sold out 3 times since the well was put in 25 years ago. Since this motor is a 3 horse power and this model was no longer available we had a head scratching time with it. We ended up that one of the guys has been in the business for the last 30 years took one look at it and popped in a 3 and half horse motor that was in his truck, he then replaced the pressure switch and the wiring down to the pump and we were back in the water.
We have a account set up for the well and we had $2,500 in the maintenance account and that was only because we all insisted that we have a reserve set up for the bigger bills. So the big bill was a little over the reserve but not as a big a ouch as it could of been.