My Z-wave is very sick. I can't nurse it back to health

[rob9]

@aaiyar

@asheville

Should I attempt to get the Well Pump re-paired with S2?

Shouldn't matter either way.

A while back, there was a lot of work being done to spiff up S2 devices.

I thought there were some S2 protocol issues that @bcopeland worked on--which might make a difference vs. non-S2 (relating to ack'ing things, perhaps). It's been a while and I'm a bit fuzzy on it, tho.

[asheville]

@rob9

You might be able to put a 220v relay wired to the well pump motor in parallel so that the relay "closes" when there's power to the well pump motor.

Ironically I do that as well. I have a 220v solid state relay, that trips a "door sensor" with external contacts. That sensor, tells me the pump has been "asked" to come on. (Not necessarily it DID come on -- amps tell that)

That provides an on/off. What it doesn't do -- is tell me the amp draw during the run of the pump. An unusually high amp draw is indicative of a well issue (well dry, pump failing, etc).

Also, an amp draw while the pump isn't supposed to be running, is also a pump failing indicator.

So it's not only the on/off that I'm after -- there's more nuance. I kept it in describing it to on/off.

[danabw]

@asheville

FOR THOSE WHO FIND THIS THREAD LATER: Root-cause, self-inflicted-wound by having a rule get "stuck" causing fast polling of a 40-amp switch to get power readings.

Maybe edit your OP to include this info. Glad things worked out.