Just a follow up, especially for tom and Kays Supply.
I visited our local pump company this morning. They tested the starter/controller. Bad news: it's good.
So they are ordering the Grundfos 6 SQF-2 and installing it next week. Best price I found for the pump was at Backwoods for $1795, he's charging $1850. The controller CU200 is $320 online, he's charging $350. Add some shipping and he's the same price. If he'd been a thousand dollars more, I'd have bought online and let him install. As it is, the installation labor ($650) seems reasonable and since he's supplying the pieces/parts if there's a problem, it'll be their problem. IOW I won't be paying the labor a second time for some little problem 300' deep.
PLUS... if something goes REALLY wrong (as in the pump/pipe falling to the bottom of the well) that'll ALSO be their problem. I won't be asking my friends to show up with 57 wire coathangers each.
And once I factor in chiropractor and prescription expenses, I should be coming out ahead by NOT doing it myself.
And tom, I figured I'd be explaining to them what exactly this pump is/does. Instead, I mentioned "Grundfos" and he printed an invoice for a customer he installed one for 2 weeks ago, and said he's done at least a half-dozen SQFlexes this year and thinks that they are GREAT pumps.
And to answer my original topic question: to test, take it to a local company and they'll put it on their test machine. That was after he did what I first did: look for someplace the smoke got out, then smell it.
Thanks for all your help!
Phil