> > My submersable well pump failed Saturday. When I bought the new pump I
> > could have replaced it for the size (1/2 HP) for $308. I chose the upgr=
ade
> > to  3/4  HP for $325.

> >  From a Chinese manufacturer? =A0The extra $17 may be for a differently
> stamped rating plate ;)

Same applies to a US manufacturer, if you can find one.

Note that, while you need to do more than usual due diligence on
Chinese products, it is a nation that can and does send men to orbit,
and provides satellite launch services. Anyone who can build orbital
launchers, which necessarily work on safety margins so slim they would
be illegal in any domestic applications, has some very very good
engineering capabilities available.

And, while you can buy utter junk in bearings and anything else from
Chinese sources, they also make amongst the very very best, when it
suits. In many cases this may be "under licence" using seed technology
from elsewhere, but the sleeping giant has long since quit sleeping.
In my childhood years "made in Japan" carried implications of quality
even lower than what you may typically expect of run of the mill
Chinese domestic products. Consider what that label means now. Give
them not too many years at all and their very best will be superb and
their good will be very good indeed.

         Russell

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