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Incidentally, what is this red thing called? I noticed one next to the handle when I turned it to stop the chattering last month. Could this be part of the problem??

After the plumber left today I returned from work and heard the pump cycling every few minutes. I suddenly remembered that a month or two ago we began hearing chattering from the plumbing in the basement. I went down and traced the sound to a pipe near the furnace. See picture with white arrow...

But what if it does both? To hijack this older thread, my pump is cycling when I’m not using water (turns on and off for a second), but it also turns on every time we use water for about as long as we run it. When the shower runs the pressure pulses every so often. All this started after a...

Thanks. I would say it's a 2" hose, the bigger one, with another probably 1" running along with it. They both attach to the pump. Egad, I hope I don't need a new well itself! I'm assuming that would be more than the $1,500.

Relatively newbie homeowner of an older 70s home with a pump and compressor tank and two hoses (one large, one smaller) that go down to the well. It's noisy, when the pump kicks in, sending out a high-pitched whining noise that can be heard on the 2nd floor. Not great water pressure and loud...