Pumping professionals face the ever-growing daily challenge of recommending and installing the most efficient system for customers. Digging through the uncertainties of efficiency regulations, mandates and parameters is tough, especially when efficiencies alone don’t tell the whole story.
New efficiency standards that take effect next year will directly impact vertical hollow-shaft and other electric motors that are used to pump water in the majority of the nation’s irrigation systems.
Robert Carvalho, co-owner of Hanford, Calif.-based West Valley Drilling, started drilling water wells in the mid ‘80s and says he gave up the gig after just three or four years.
Nidec Motor Corporation’s U.S. Motors brand released an update to its iconic vertical motor lineup at the recent WEFTEC 14 event in New Orleans, Sept. 27-Oct. 1.