I live on the outskirts of a town and am hooked up to city water although I don't live in the town. When my town resident neighbor turns on his lawn sprinkler (installed system) my water pressure drops to zero and I have a six or seven hour wait ahead of me for service to resume. I've asked him to set his timer from maybe midnight to six a.m. or so but he can't/won't accommodate that request. I want to put a couple hundred gallon tank in the basement and draw my water from that when the system is down. What I think I want (?) is an electrically controlled valve I can switch from main input to secondary input system from a central location upstairs. I'm kind of thinking the pressure switch on the secondary system pump will take care of turning the pump on and off when I'm using it. This is a Rube Goldberg scheme of mine so be kind. Rural water will kick hell out of 5k plus so I'm not real keen on that right now. BTW I live alone so I plan on using the secondary for just showers/toilet and the like. I keep a couple jugs of potable water for consumption. TIA, RJ
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17 years ago