I didn't read all of the replies, and it surely has already been mentioned, but we have dribbled our low performing well into a cistern for about 30 years. I have a float shutoff valve in the cistern to keep it from overfilling. It requires a shallow well pump to pump water FROM the cistern. I have the cistern input flow from the well shut down to just faster than a drip - I call it a dribble. It keeps the 2000 gallon cistern full. It's trouble free - I rarely have to even glance at it. Before we drilled the well, we had a natural spring that produced about 300 gallons per day. I used the same setup on the spring, but I also had a sump pump switch rigged up that would break power to the spring pump when it was close to cavitating. It also worked flawlessly for many years.
You probably already know this - they make a $20 pressure switch that will kill power to your pump when the system pressure drops below about 20 psi. The bad news is you will have to manually re-set the switch every time it trips. I personally would not want my deep well pump using the heat limit switch to regulate its operation. I see how it would be convenient in that it re-sets itself, but the thought troubles me. . .
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