without spending great sums of money I need something to help me monitor the operation of my home well pump. Specifically I just need to be able to see if/when the pump is running.
My well/pump is about 125' from the house and enclosed in a small pump house. I have had occasion when the pressure switch has failed and the pump ran for days and basically toasted the pump and melted all of the pvc pipe connections.
My thought was/is to tie into one leg of the 240V on the pump side of the pressure switch's contacts with some kind of a light (possibly a simple voltage tester). That way when I look out toward the pump house I could see the tester light and know when the pump is running, or rapidly kicking on and off.
Will drawing a little off on one leg cause problems for the pump motor? Is this whole idea ill advised?
My well/pump is about 125' from the house and enclosed in a small pump house. I have had occasion when the pressure switch has failed and the pump ran for days and basically toasted the pump and melted all of the pvc pipe connections.
My thought was/is to tie into one leg of the 240V on the pump side of the pressure switch's contacts with some kind of a light (possibly a simple voltage tester). That way when I look out toward the pump house I could see the tester light and know when the pump is running, or rapidly kicking on and off.
Will drawing a little off on one leg cause problems for the pump motor? Is this whole idea ill advised?