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CSV Saves Money by Making Pumps Last Longer Millions of rural homes across the country have there own well and pump system. Even in areas where water quality is not so good there are countless new ways to filter or treat water making it suitable for human consumption. Many homes in the city have a booster pump system as well. These pump systems boost low city water pressure to the needs of the home owner. Standard pressure tank operated home water systems average many on and off cycles per day. The pump fills the tank and shuts off. The water is used from the tank and the pump again comes on, fills the tank, and shuts off. This “cycling” is repeated dozens of times a day 365 days a year, which could be tens of thousands of cycles per year. Day by day these cycles add up and is usually the cause of a pump system failure. Those systems with the most cycles will last the shortest length of time. "Cycling" causes the premature destruction of the pump, motor, tank, switches and any other component in the system. The amount of time a pump system will last can be calculated in number of cycles. Why would pump manufacturers make a pump that would last 500,000 cycles when they can make more profit by building pumps that only last 200,000 cycles? This de-engineering or “planned obsolescence” has led to most pumps and tanks having become a “throw away” item. These throw away pumps and tanks are not repairable, have very little that can be recycled, and usually end up as another burden in our landfills and the pocket book of the home owner. On the pretense of trying to engineer efficiency into our equipment many manufacturers are purposely engineering out dependability or longevity. Using a constant pressure valve to mechanically restrict the output of a pump to exactly match the usage can save as much energy as varying the pump speed with expensive and problematic electronics. Therefore, the longer your pump system last, the greater your savings in "Life Cycle Cost." A constant pressure valve will eliminate 90% of the cycles which can make a pump system last three to four times the normal life expectancy. When a pump system last several times longer than expected, savings to the home owner is easy to figure. |
| Cycle Stop Valves® is a registered trademark. All right reserved unless prior authorization is obtained. Cycle Stop Valves are patented: Patent number 5,988,984 and other patents pending. |
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