Powered By Industry Standard 3-Wire 230V Franklin Electric Motor •VHC Motor is a division of Franklin Electric •Proven superior quality & performance ensuring quiet operation
Hex Rubber Bearing w/ Extra-Large Surface •Provides shaft stability and multiple flow channels •Keeps small particles such as sand away from bearing surfaces
Built-In Check Valve •Prevents back-flow and ensures system pressure
Built-In Suction Screen •Helps to prevent debris from clogging impellers
1-1/4" NPT Thermoplastic discharge head •Provides full-flow performance without the risk of corrosion
Includes Red Lion Control Box •Eliminates confusion for control box selection
Q: Can a pump saver and a float switch be used with thiscontrol box that comes with the pump. Thanks by Kevin from Idaho on April 14, 2013
A: Thank you for visiting Water Pumps Direct. I am not aware that this would be an option. You might try calling Red Lion tech support at 888-956-0000 to verify however. by Jose, Product Expert
Q: what is the purpose of the control box and can it be eliminated? by Armand from Ohio on July 09, 2012
A: Three wire submersible motors require a control box. Control boxes contain a starting relay, starting capacitors and in some cases overload protectors. Two wire submersible motors have these components built into them and do not require a control box.
One benefit of using a three wire motor with a control box is that some of the components that are subject to failure are located above ground where you can get to them without pulling the pump.
Control boxes should never be mounted in direct sunlight or in locations that are extremely hot, this causes the capacitor life to be shortened and can cause nuisance overload trips. Do not mount the control box in a humid location such as a damp well pit since voltage breakdown and corrosion will accelerate component failure in this condition.
Control boxes are designed for vertical, upright mounting only. Any other position will affect the operation of voltage sensing relays in larger sizes and may result in water leakage. by Jose, Product Expert
This pump is a little different than the "good" recommendation because it is 3-wire.
3-wire pump installations are not as easy as a 2-wire pump installation for the do-it-yourselfer but will give you a little more peace of mind with a separate control box. A control box allows you to repair the starting mechanism, should something go wrong, without pulling the pump out of the well.
This pump has the same pumping capacity as the other Red Lion Well pumps.
Knowing it is made by Franklin Electric, the parent of Red Lion and Little Giant should also give you peace of mind.
May 12, 2013
John
Working Great So Far
I got our pump in and had a problem with it not turning on. I called waterpumps direct and they put me in touch with a trouble shooting team and diagnosed the problem which was my power coming in was wired wrong by an electrician. I was able to correct it with their help and it started right up. Thanks everyone for your help.
March 24, 2013
Martin P.
Water Pump
We just got the pump working. The control box you sent with the pump was bad and didn't work.
January 10, 2013
Roger Coeur D Alene, ID
Fine For Our Purpose
We wanted a pump for out sprinkler system and this pump has worked well for us. After studying the capacity of different sized pumps, we found we didn't need any more horsepower than this for our system, which uses low flow sprinkler heads.
December 25, 2012
Calissa
Red Lion Water Pump
Our old pump finally quit. We needed a new one so we searched, online, and found this one.
It didn't take too long to replace. Right now it is working good.
If it last longer than 10 years, like the old one, I'll be very happy with it.
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