One check valve would have been fine. Two or more check valves can cause water hammer, but I think it will be fine just filling a storage tank. But I do not think the check valves have anything to do with the dirty water.
Would the extra checkvalves be sometimes above the waterline?This is where things get interesting to me because we add extra check valves to take away that water hammering your talking about, as ballvalve put it "spread the load".
That would probably explain why my pipes hammer hard on this well when it kicks off?
I agree with you. But on the other hand I'm glad that they are at least doing something instead of telling me there's no problem..... lol
Yes, they can be sometimes. That explains why valveman had troubles with thrust bearings on his old school systems and we don't.
http://franklinaid.com/2012/03/14/why-motors-fail-part-2/
Here's an update to the update. I have been running straight off the well bypassing the storage for the last 2 weeks and I have noticed a big difference in the quality of water coming out of my faucets.. So this weekend I cleaned out my storage tank of all sand and started to fill the tank from the well. I now have Water flowing as soon as the well pump kicks on. I filled about 2000 gallons into the tank and there is sand and the water is a little murky. But there is not as much sand (at least it seems there isn't) and I can see the all the way to the bottom (barely). It's not clear, but before I couldn't see down past a foot it was so murky. Unfortunately I can tell I'm still going to have to clean my tank once in awhile but it definitely is better than what it was. Any suggestions on where I should go from here? Should I call them out again? Or just add some filters and take is as it is?
I like the big blue, or maybe two in series. With 2, you would put a courser filter first followed by a finer filter.Yes, just got home and seen the invoice and it says they replaced the pump, relay box, and put on the sub k filter. I figure I will let it run for a week or so and then let it drain down enough where I can see the bottom. That way I will be able to tell if there is still a lot of sand coming up still.
Does anyone have any other suggestions as far as adding a filter to the house? I was just going to put in a 20 inch big blue to help out with the silt. Still getting a lot of rust-colored water coming up to the house.
This is awkward, but...
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