Man thank you so much!!! I’ve got a tank trying to fill with my well and then take it to the house with a jet pump you saved me from having to get a magnetic contractor
Thanks Works PERFECT for our 300 gal water storage tank. Keep them topped off when water level drops about 4 inches pump comes on. FYI we terrible recovery on our well that feeds the tank, so I installed TP link smart plug. Just plug into outlet the float switch and schedule to come on about 4 times a day, so it does not "tax" the well. Works super. When the tank fills and Square D shuts off till water level drops
Just be aware that over time the it loses sensitivity and might need adjustments and it can jam up and fail to shut the pump on or off. Mine has been doing it multiple times per day for the past couple of weeks. I keep having to go out and bump the cistern or tap the rod for the float or the arm itself to make it work.
I have been looking for something like this for years! Thanks man! Never liked the standard float switches or the electric probes! They also make a normally closed version too (good for low level cut-off)!
Thank You for all your video's, I have an above ground storage tank, with a jet pump connected to it. Will I need to connect my in tank float switch, to the Pump Controller or the pressure switch on the Jet Pump. I also will be connecting a Pump Tec to protect my Well Pump Motor.
Thank you for this video. I have this type of switch and I hate it. It constantly gets jammed/stuck and doesn't turn the pump on or off when it should. I've had my cistern overflow and lately I've had it get too low and burned up the pressure switch on my jet pump. Yeah, I know I need to have some sort of protector to stop the jet pump from running, but this was the setup when we bought the place years ago and we can't find a well service in the area that will come out and fix things up. The guy who used to work on our well system died several years ago. Anyway, the rod for the float either catches or goes sideways and has rubbed against the hole in the fiberglass lid of the cistern, making a bigger hole and allowing it to move around too much. The sensor that the arm is supposed to trigger loses its sensitivity over time. I have to constantly go out and check on it. I want something different rather than spending another $60 on one of these. Did I mention the cover sometimes gets in the way of the arm moving? Maybe I just have a lousy one or defective one, but I've had it for years and its been giving me trouble. I'd really rather use something different. I don't mind having something dangling in the water if it works better than this thing. I'm one of those people that has bad luck where bizarre things happen and things go wrong. So, I've had bad experiences with this switch.
Nice educational videos! I'm getting closer to understanding all how my water system works, thank you and keep up the good work! A couple questions; 1. How does this switch compare to a regular float switch? 2. How is the seal made between the switch and the float so the air pressure in the tank won't be lost? As the connection rod goes through the tank to the water level it goes through the air pressurized tank doesn't it?
This switch is used for open air tanks... like a stock tank or other non pressurized storage tank. Most all of them are going to end up with a guide of some sort around the float ball or bolted solid to the lever so they don't swing out from under the float.
We use this switch on a lot of stock tanks for either submersible control or solar pump control. They do need a larger ball than a toilet ball at least 6" diameter round ball or 6"x4" pan float to be heavy enough to turn the switch on and still float enough to turn it off. Our supplier has a good bracket built for stock tanks I'll get you a short video sometime.
Wendell, Great video. I have a standard Square D pressure switch (40/60) filling my 80 gallon pressure tank (well is 135' deep). I just added an additional 220 30 amp circuit next to the tank. Can I bypass the pressure tank and have the well pump fill a 5000 gallon atmospheric tank (fire season in California) by tying a float switch into the pressure switch? I will take the water from the storage tank and supply my house using a new Grundfos Mq3-45 tied into the new 220V service I just added. Doable?
i need one like that to control my lawn sprinkler from the tank level. Are these contacts reversible somehow or do I need to buy a different switch? Thanks
Can I just wire2 wires from my well pump buss line of sw and L2 to the square d? It seems to me that when when the high level mark is reached the contacts will open and will shut down the pump.
I have that exact switch on my water well fill tank but I also have another switch to control sprinkler pump off tank level. I need this switch to operate close when tank is full and open when level drops to a certain point. Any way to reverse contacts on this square d 9036DG2R? Thanks for the informative video.
I just replaced one and it makes contact on the up and breaks when the level falls so I switch the contacts on my 24 volt relay to the N/O position but it operated a second well that didn’t act right but my main well did but now I’m having to change my control X-fmr so I’m going to see if I had the wrong 😑 float switch on the shelf thought there was just the one like you explained but that’s what I run into daily
Awesome have a storage tank for a low yield well. Had a sump float but the tether still too long. Tried vert float switch but no go. This should be perfect
Man thank you so much!!! I’ve got a tank trying to fill with my well and then take it to the house with a jet pump you saved me from having to get a magnetic contractor
Thanks Works PERFECT for our 300 gal water storage tank. Keep them topped off when water level drops about 4 inches pump comes on. FYI we terrible recovery on our well that feeds the tank, so I installed TP link smart plug. Just plug into outlet the float switch and schedule to come on about 4 times a day, so it does not "tax" the well. Works super. When the tank fills and Square D shuts off till water level drops
Been looking for something this simple! Thank you for the video!
Just be aware that over time the it loses sensitivity and might need adjustments and it can jam up and fail to shut the pump on or off. Mine has been doing it multiple times per day for the past couple of weeks. I keep having to go out and bump the cistern or tap the rod for the float or the arm itself to make it work.
I have been looking for something like this for years! Thanks man!
Never liked the standard float switches or the electric probes! They also make a normally closed version too (good for low level cut-off)!
Thank You for all your video's, I have an above ground storage tank, with a jet pump connected to it. Will I need to connect my in tank float switch, to the Pump Controller or the pressure switch on the Jet Pump. I also will be connecting a Pump Tec to protect my Well Pump Motor.
Thank you for this video. I have this type of switch and I hate it. It constantly gets jammed/stuck and doesn't turn the pump on or off when it should. I've had my cistern overflow and lately I've had it get too low and burned up the pressure switch on my jet pump. Yeah, I know I need to have some sort of protector to stop the jet pump from running, but this was the setup when we bought the place years ago and we can't find a well service in the area that will come out and fix things up. The guy who used to work on our well system died several years ago. Anyway, the rod for the float either catches or goes sideways and has rubbed against the hole in the fiberglass lid of the cistern, making a bigger hole and allowing it to move around too much. The sensor that the arm is supposed to trigger loses its sensitivity over time. I have to constantly go out and check on it. I want something different rather than spending another $60 on one of these. Did I mention the cover sometimes gets in the way of the arm moving? Maybe I just have a lousy one or defective one, but I've had it for years and its been giving me trouble. I'd really rather use something different. I don't mind having something dangling in the water if it works better than this thing. I'm one of those people that has bad luck where bizarre things happen and things go wrong. So, I've had bad experiences with this switch.
Do the black wires hook up to 1 and 4 white to 2 and 3?~
Nice educational videos! I'm getting closer to understanding all how my water system works, thank you and keep up the good work! A couple questions; 1. How does this switch compare to a regular float switch? 2. How is the seal made between the switch and the float so the air pressure in the tank won't be lost? As the connection rod goes through the tank to the water level it goes through the air pressurized tank doesn't it?
This switch is used for open air tanks... like a stock tank or other non pressurized storage tank. Most all of them are going to end up with a guide of some sort around the float ball or bolted solid to the lever so they don't swing out from under the float.
We use this switch on a lot of stock tanks for either submersible control or solar pump control. They do need a larger ball than a toilet ball at least 6" diameter round ball or 6"x4" pan float to be heavy enough to turn the switch on and still float enough to turn it off. Our supplier has a good bracket built for stock tanks I'll get you a short video sometime.
good deal kenny, this beats the typical wire and ball switch any day
Kenny do you have the video, could I get the supplier you use for them, we are needing two for a couple of our stock tanks
Can you send me a link to the 4 x 6 pan float and bracket
Kenny do you sell the pan float?
Wendell, Great video. I have a standard Square D pressure switch (40/60) filling my 80 gallon pressure tank (well is 135' deep). I just added an additional 220 30 amp circuit next to the tank. Can I bypass the pressure tank and have the well pump fill a 5000 gallon atmospheric tank (fire season in California) by tying a float switch into the pressure switch? I will take the water from the storage tank and supply my house using a new Grundfos Mq3-45 tied into the new 220V service I just added. Doable?
Good video, might add they make the same float switch that closes the contacts when water rises as well.
i need one like that to control my lawn sprinkler from the tank level. Are these contacts reversible somehow or do I need to buy a different switch? Thanks
Can I just wire2 wires from my well pump buss line of sw and L2 to the square d? It seems to me that when when the high level mark is reached the contacts will open and will shut down the pump.
I have that exact switch on my water well fill tank but I also have another switch to control sprinkler pump off tank level. I need this switch to operate close when tank is full and open when level drops to a certain point. Any way to reverse contacts on this square d 9036DG2R? Thanks for the informative video.
Good information... I'm learning.
I guess I need to see this demonstrated on a tank.
I just replaced one and it makes contact on the up and breaks when the level falls so I switch the contacts on my 24 volt relay to the N/O position but it operated a second well that didn’t act right but my main well did but now I’m having to change my control X-fmr so I’m going to see if I had the wrong 😑 float switch on the shelf thought there was just the one like you explained but that’s what I run into daily
Thank you , will replace my unreliable float with this type
Awesome have a storage tank for a low yield well. Had a sump float but the tether still too long. Tried vert float switch but no go. This should be perfect