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Technical Questions
- Britt Storkson
- Phone: 1-800-760-6874
- Email: Info@p2flow.com
- Mail: 5475 Hawley Rd., The Dalles, OR 97058
The IC Pump Station control unit simply and cost-effectively provides all of the control functions your pump will ever need. We provide on and off delays as well as minimum on and off timers for stable operation. The IC Pump Station control unit also compiles and stores critical pump information such as “on hours” (hour meter) and on/off cycles (cycle counter) to track the number of pump start/stop cycles
The concept is simple: The higher the “column” of water the higher the pressure at the bottom of the column. We utilize “basic physics” to make our “floatless tank fill” control unit. The user sets the low pressure level that the pump should start at to fill the tank and the high pressure level where the tank fill should stop. While the low pressure turn on level is predictable the high level turn off is not because of the inertia and turbulence of the water. However the amount of pressure rise when the pump is on is repeatable and the turn off point can easily be determined by observing the pump operation. The advantages are many:
Our generator pump control start feature for off-grid installations will, when the system pressure drops below the adjustable start-up pressure, first start and run the generator for a time (adjustable from 1-240 seconds) before starting the pump. The pump and generator will both stop when the adjustable high pressure off level has been exceeded.
A minimum pressure must be maintained at all times or the pump will shut off on safety and must be manually reset by turning the unit off, then back on again. This prevents pump damage due to low or no water. High pressure safety shutoffs are provided as well. Both low and high pressure safety shutoffs can be disabled if desired. Optionally an output relay can be added that closes when the pump has gone into safety shutoff to alert the users before the system completely runs out of water.
The IC Pump Station control unit Model 30, when used with a Variable Frequency Drive, will not allow the pump to cavitate…Even if the pump intake is fully plugged!
It’s simple and reliable. How do we do it? Using a form of AI (artificial intelligence) the IC Pump Station control unit provides “learn” mode that, when selected, compiles data about pump operation when it’s working correctly and stores it in memory. When the “learn” mode is off this stored data is constantly compared with the current pump operation data and if there is a significant variance the pump motor is slowed or even stopped before cavitation can occur.