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#1 ·
I was designed a house filteration systems that requires a steinner
pump to turn on when the well pump comes on.

The steinner pumps is hooked-up to a water diluted beach tank
and injects the solution into the water line coming form the well.
The pump is a 240 volt .9 amp pump.

The well is a 240 single phase motor with Franklin Electric control box.

The input to the control box is: L1 & L2

The output/wires of the control box to the well is:

Yellow lead = line amps
Black lead = main winding amps
Read lead = start or auxilary winding amps

My question is what wires in the control box should be used to wire the
240 outlet (3 required) for the steinner pump?

Thanks
 
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#2 ·
I was designed a house filteration systems that requires a steinner
pump to turn on when the well pump comes on.

The steinner pumps is hooked-up to a water diluted beach tank
and injects the solution into the water line coming form the well.
The pump is a 240 volt .9 amp pump.

The well is a 240 single phase motor with Franklin Electric control box.

The input to the control box is: L1 & L2

The output/wires of the control box to the well is:

Yellow lead = line amps
Black lead = main winding amps
Read lead = start or auxilary winding amps

My question is what wires in the control box should be used to wire the
240 outlet (3 required) for the steinner pump?

If the filtration pump is 240 volts it should only require 2 wires (ignoring the bare ground or green lead). Connect to the L1, L2 at the controll box or at the pressure switch (which supplies the power to the conrol box).
 
#3 · (Edited)
I was designed a house filteration systems that requires a steinner
pump to turn on when the well pump comes on.

The steinner pumps is hooked-up to a water diluted beach tank
and injects the solution into the water line coming form the well.
The pump is a 240 volt .9 amp pump.

The well is a 240 single phase motor with Franklin Electric control box.

The input to the control box is: L1 & L2

The output/wires of the control box to the well is:

Yellow lead = line amps
Black lead = main winding amps
Read lead = start or auxilary winding amps

My question is what wires in the control box should be used to wire the
240 outlet (3 required) for the steinner pump?

Thanks
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#4 ·
Be careful here, if the pump is 2 HP or larger, the pressure switch might control the coil of a contactor in the pump control box. This means that L1 & L2 will always be hot.

If the flow of power goes from the breaker to the pressure switch, then to the pump control box, L1 & L2 will only be hot when the pump is running.

If the power goes from the breaker to the control box, and another separate pair of wires goes from the control box to the pressure switch, we'll need a bit more info to make it work.

Rob
 
#7 ·
I checked L1 and L1 and there is 240 volt there that is
on only when the well is on. This is what I need for the
240 volts, however, I do not have a ground to go to
the outlet box the steinner pump will plug into.

Coming into and from the pressure switch there are only
L1 and L1 and a bare wire ground the is grounding the
control switch box.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!
 
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