"philo " wrote in message

On 11/28/2014 12:34 PM, dpb wrote:
On 11/28/2014 12:25 PM, philo wrote:
On 11/28/2014 12:00 PM, HerHusband wrote:
...

We have a large pressure tank (80 gallon I believe). If the power
goes out when the tank is full, we're fine. 80 gallons will flush
a
lot of toilets. Unfortunately, the tank is rarely completely full
when the power
goes out and this last time it was nearly empty when we lost
power.



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Why would the tank not be full at all times?
...

Because pump will only kick on again when pressure drops to
low-pressure
setpoint...which point has, if the pressure is set corretly, emptied
about 75% of the full capacity.



Ok then. If the OP goes with the reserve tank in the attic...better take
into account the weight of water.

80 gallons would be something like 650#

And if his attic was made with trusses he probably wouldn't want that
weight on them. I wouldn't.

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dadiOH
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