Hi All,
Trying to recover running water at late parents’ house. If I could pay to have this done, I would, but can’t.
Old 1HP vertical deep well pump on two-inch casing, sitting in well pit. Well is about 130 ft deep, static level probably 60-80 ft.
I haven’t been to this empty house in three years, but pump ran back then and it still runs now when I flip the breaker in the house.
However, three years ago, pump started having difficulty maintaining prime. It would operate ok for a few hours, then not. I know there are some reasons why that could be: leak in system, foot valve, etc.
Before I get any deeper into this (sorry), I’d like to at least duplicate that past situation. Problem is, I can only get a half-cup of water into the pressure regulator at a time. This is by pouring water into the port that the pressure gauge screws into. Once water’s to the brim, I screw gauge back in, switch the pump on for twenty seconds, then turn it off, walk back out to the pit, unscrew gauge, body of regulator looks empty and pour in another half cup. I can walk away for an hour, water still sitting at brim of the port.
Obviously, I can’t keep doing this, I’m wearing out shoe leather on the back-and-forth. : ) I’m missing a piece of the puzzle. I’ve watched folks fill their system from bottled water in just this manner.
Both of those valves in photos are all the way open. The tank does hold air, no problem.
I’m pretty sure that, back in the day, we ran a hose from a neighbor’s into that one faucet in photo and that filled the system. Unfortunately, the new neighbor is very unfriendly and that was the only source for running water close to me. We’re real backwoods here.
Ya sure, I could pull the pump and then pull all that pipe to look at packer, foot valve, etc, but yikes…
Any ideas? Thanks much : )
Gil
Trying to recover running water at late parents’ house. If I could pay to have this done, I would, but can’t.
Old 1HP vertical deep well pump on two-inch casing, sitting in well pit. Well is about 130 ft deep, static level probably 60-80 ft.
I haven’t been to this empty house in three years, but pump ran back then and it still runs now when I flip the breaker in the house.
However, three years ago, pump started having difficulty maintaining prime. It would operate ok for a few hours, then not. I know there are some reasons why that could be: leak in system, foot valve, etc.
Before I get any deeper into this (sorry), I’d like to at least duplicate that past situation. Problem is, I can only get a half-cup of water into the pressure regulator at a time. This is by pouring water into the port that the pressure gauge screws into. Once water’s to the brim, I screw gauge back in, switch the pump on for twenty seconds, then turn it off, walk back out to the pit, unscrew gauge, body of regulator looks empty and pour in another half cup. I can walk away for an hour, water still sitting at brim of the port.
Obviously, I can’t keep doing this, I’m wearing out shoe leather on the back-and-forth. : ) I’m missing a piece of the puzzle. I’ve watched folks fill their system from bottled water in just this manner.
Both of those valves in photos are all the way open. The tank does hold air, no problem.
I’m pretty sure that, back in the day, we ran a hose from a neighbor’s into that one faucet in photo and that filled the system. Unfortunately, the new neighbor is very unfriendly and that was the only source for running water close to me. We’re real backwoods here.
Ya sure, I could pull the pump and then pull all that pipe to look at packer, foot valve, etc, but yikes…
Any ideas? Thanks much : )
Gil