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Old 09-02-2007, 01:31 PM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
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Default Oh Happy Day; the ironical version.

On Feb 9, 8:10 am, "jadel" wrote:
On Feb 8, 10:44 pm, "Bob Walsh" wrote:

Al,


Your well man is probably right. I've been told that it takes twice as much
electricity to start a motor as it does to run it....


Yep. A big inrush current is necessary to overcome the inertia of the
system, but pump motor designs are also more efficient than they were
45 years ago. I suspect that's where the savings will come from.



And, as Bob said, the bigger holding tank will help quite a bit, too.
The fewer the daily cycles, the longer the pump life.

J. Del Col

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