Powered by the sun, so it’s AOC approved! Wonder when we’ll start receiving our UBI checks?
Yeah, I came to Landlady’s yesterday to find big trucks on her ridgetop. I knew she had called the local well company but that’s not the same as successfully getting them to come out and do work, so I was surprised.
Nice to see that pole put back to use. Long-time readers might recall that the main panel array used to be there but was destroyed by wind four years ago.
Inside the powershed…
…a control box which appears exactly the same as the one that runs the cattle station’s pump. Er…about which I know nothing. I don’t even know why I said that…
…and what appears to be a charge controller, which appears to allow flexible energy use. Like we could just plug in the pump if we wanted to. I don’t like what appears to be an error indication. Can’t be sure, because there’s nothing like a manual sitting around here. Or any paperwork at all, so I hope Grunfos has good documents on their website.
Hardly matters at the moment. If this pump works anything like the one on Ian’s ridge it wouldn’t have enough power today anyway. Looks as though we’ll get at least some sun today but it’s supposed to brighten right up tomorrow, so I’ll worry about it then. Need to get some water in the tank.
Went down to the wellhead – of course there shouldn’t have been anything new to see down there but fresh tracks, which is all I saw. But you never know, it was worth checking. You can never go wrong by wondering what a local contractor screwed up.
Looks like F3 indicates that it doesn’t detect a pump. Which it sounds like you haven’t plugged in yet?
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ecodirect_docs/GRUNDFOS/SQFlex_System.pdf
On the charge controller, does that little guy with the wrench & tool box indicate that a service man is required?
Not known yet. I think it’s just an error indicator. It would be ironic if the service people left the charge controller shining its “service call needed” alarm. But then the only auto shop in town has spent two different *weeks* with the Jeep, in neither case noticing that the Check Engine light was on. So anything’s possible around here.
Yeah, I read all the instructions and I think he’s just a permanent graphic on the box next to the fault lights.
Hey Joel, here’s a link where you can download the product guide and service literature for this system.
https://us.grundfos.com/products/find-product/sqflex.html