All about water bores perth Wa

Hi Donna-Lee

I thought I would write a blog about water bores in Perth WA as an exercise in communication. Water bores in Perth are the only thing that I can claim to be expert ( just LOL ). The greatest complaint I receive is that tradesmen do not communicate. Hopefully this blog may help in that communication for Perth water bore owners and installers. Hopefully as I discover points of fact and or interest I will summarise them on a web page for easy reference. (www.boreman.com.au)

I am writing to my Daughter Donna-Lee so that she can check my spelling and grammar LOL. I find it easier to write to a person rather than a nameless person who may or may not read this blog. Hope you don't mind Donna-Lee.

I intend to learn how to touch type in the process so my daily entries may get longer as I attempt to type while looking at the screen. This may be similar to learning a new language. I will link this blog to my face book account so you can see who I am LOL. I just love writing those three letters LOL every time I do I find myself smiling. LOL LOL LOL LOL now I am laughing at my own small mind LOLOLOLOLOLOL:

Every day I will pick a part of a water bore that needs explaining and write a paragraph about it.

Electronic Pump Protection (EPP) and Pressure Relief Valves (PRV)

The question usually is what happens if my solenoid valves fail to open and my pump is still running?

Answer:

The pump will continue to run with no water flowing (This is called Dead Ending) so the pump will over heat and eventually it will fail. The Solution is to fit a PRV (pressure relief valve) or a EPP ( Electronic Pump Protector) I find that the PRV do not work that well as most gardens have one station that is only using micros at high pressure. this means that the PRV must be set so high it often will not work when the pump is dead ended.

The other problem with PRV is that the require yearly maintenance to make sure that they will work when they need to. Usually the bore works fine for a few years and the PRV is forgotten about, not maintained and fails to operate when needed. Usual cost to replace pump motor Approx $1100. EPP's are great safety devices because they are electrical and do not need any maintenance ever. They will protect your pump for the life of the pump and to date I have never seen or heard of one failing. If you are buying a submersible Pump then I suggest you ask your installer to to fit a EPP instead of or in conjunction with a PRV.

Average cost of a PRV $70 and an EPP is $150 I also find that my customers always fit a EPP after they have had to spend $1000 on replacing a motor. Do yours when you first install your new Submersible Pump and you will never thank me because if you fit a PRV EPP combination you will never know know that it saved your pump LOL .

Sometimes it is good to not know what you don't know LOL LOL


See you Donna-Lee if you not understand this please send me an email.

The Boreman

Ps I am still smilin and I only wrote 6 LOLs