What is the advantage, if any, of a 3-wire submersible pump over
My driller steered me away from 3-wire because of the extra expense of a control box, a larger cable to drop, and other considerations (which I forgot quite efficiently, thank you).
I'm guessing with a 3-wire you can use 240V --so it's for the larger pumps?
Why do they even make a 1-hp 3-wire pump?
--zeb
One guess would be voltage drop. The well might be a long way from a power source.
Dean
The advantage is the control box. A two wire pump has the stuff that's in the control box, inside the motor, where it's a major expense if a fifty cent capacitor pops and needs to be replaced
When I was a rigger for Texaco, we used 8 wires.
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