Well water system
AssigneeFranklin Electric Co., Inc.
InventorsJames J. Volk, Zachary K. Foster
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Abstract
A self-contained well water system is designed to be interposed between an external well pump and a plumbing system of a building. The system requires an installer or building owner to make only three basic connections for fully-functional operation: a single water inlet connection from the well pump to the well water system, a single water outlet connection from the well water system to a main input line of the building plumbing system, and a single power connection to provide electrical power to the electrical components of the system, and may also distribute power out to the well pump. The remaining components and the connections therebetween are configured and factory-assembled for maximum performance and efficiency.
Claims16
A well water system comprising:
- a housing;
- a water inlet mounted to the housing;
- a water outlet mounted to the housing;
- an electrical junction box mounted to the housing, the junction box including a set of power wires configured to receive electrical power from a power source and a set of pump wires configured to send the electrical power to a well pump external of the housing;
- a pressure tank contained within the housing;
- a manifold contained within the housing and having a manifold inlet connected to the water inlet, a manifold outlet connected to the water outlet, and a pressure tank aperture connected to the pressure tank;
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- a control circuit operably connected to the junction box, the control circuit electrically connected to the set of power wires and to the set of pump wires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.