What is the advantage, if any, of a 3-wire submersible pump over
2-wire?

My driller steered me away from 3-wire because of the extra expense of
a control box, a larger cable to drop, and other considerations (which
I forgot quite efficiently, thank you).

I'm guessing with a 3-wire you can use 240V --so it's for the larger
pumps?

Why do they even make a 1-hp 3-wire pump?

--zeb

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What is the advantage, if any, of a 3-wire submersible pump over
2-wire?

My driller steered me away from 3-wire because of the extra expense of
a control box, a larger cable to drop, and other considerations (which
I forgot quite efficiently, thank you).

I'm guessing with a 3-wire you can use 240V --so it's for the larger
pumps?

Why do they even make a 1-hp 3-wire pump?

--zeb

One guess would be voltage drop. The well might be a long way
from a power source.

Dean

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The advantage is the control box. A two wire pump has the stuff that's in
the control box, inside the motor, where it's a major expense if a fifty
cent capacitor pops and needs to be replaced


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What is the advantage, if any, of a 3-wire submersible pump over
2-wire?

My driller steered me away from 3-wire because of the extra expense of
a control box, a larger cable to drop, and other considerations (which
I forgot quite efficiently, thank you).

I'm guessing with a 3-wire you can use 240V --so it's for the larger
pumps?

Why do they even make a 1-hp 3-wire pump?

--zeb

On 6 Jan 2007 17:38:02 -0800, wrote:

What is the advantage, if any, of a 3-wire submersible pump over
2-wire?

When I was a rigger for Texaco, we used 8 wires.

My driller steered me away from 3-wire because of the extra expense of
a control box, a larger cable to drop, and other considerations (which
I forgot quite efficiently, thank you).

I'm guessing with a 3-wire you can use 240V --so it's for the larger
pumps?

Why do they even make a 1-hp 3-wire pump?

--zeb