metrix
New Member
I bought my house a year ago with this huge pressure tank in the garage:
A friend stopped by who told me I need to put air in the tank from time to time, so he showed me how to add a little air to the system. We ran the water at my kitchen sink for 10 minutes before the pump kicked on, which is when he noticed the pump turned on at 50 and shutoff somewhere over 60 (my guage only goes to 60). Stunned he told me this was too high and immediatly adjusted the pressure to shutoff around 55. After the pressure adjustment and adding air to the tank, it takes a little under a minute for my pump to add about 18 pounds of pressure to the tank.
My questions are:
What pressure should my system turn on and shutoff at? is a cutoff over 60 to high?
Should I add air to my tank, and if so how do I know when it has the correct amount of air?
Brandon
A friend stopped by who told me I need to put air in the tank from time to time, so he showed me how to add a little air to the system. We ran the water at my kitchen sink for 10 minutes before the pump kicked on, which is when he noticed the pump turned on at 50 and shutoff somewhere over 60 (my guage only goes to 60). Stunned he told me this was too high and immediatly adjusted the pressure to shutoff around 55. After the pressure adjustment and adding air to the tank, it takes a little under a minute for my pump to add about 18 pounds of pressure to the tank.
My questions are:
What pressure should my system turn on and shutoff at? is a cutoff over 60 to high?
Should I add air to my tank, and if so how do I know when it has the correct amount of air?
Brandon