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Don’t hang weight off of the discharge line and fittings on discharge head alone. Support pipeline by blocking, jack stands or concrete saddles according to best piping practices. Don’t start pump while it is rotating in reverse direction after having just shut down the pump. It is advisable to install a time delay relay on electric drives to prevent this from happening. Non reverse protection in driver could also be a solution. Give a min time interval between starts, 5-10 min depending on...

Recently a customer called suggesting his new constant pressure well pump control panel was DOA (dead on arrival). We'll call this customer Tom. Tom informed me that his panel was installed and the power was hot and he was not getting any power lights. Tom: I have power going to the panel and I am not getting any lights.

If you had size 9 feet you wouldn’t wear size 15 shoes. The same applies with pumps; a properly sized pump can last many years.

In response to the current and upcoming No-Lead regulations, R.C. Worst & Co., Inc. is not stocking a complete line of common stainless steel pipe fittings and pipe nipples for use in water and waste water applications.? The pipe fittings are of the 304 grade and initially include 1", 1-1/4", 1-1/2" and 2" sizes. More sizes and fittings choices will follow as we expand our inventory. Find our complete line of fittings here: Stainless Steel Fittings Page We are also now stocking a complete line...

As industry and government have strived to make us, as consumers, safer in the 20th and now 21st centuries, we have made great strides in reducing exposure to hazardous substances in our everyday environment. One such area wherein advances have been made in identifying potentially harmful substances is in the fields of residential and commercial construction.For centuries, lead has been used in multiple applications for the manufacturing of goods and products that we use in our everyday lives....