billrok
New Member
Gentlemen, after much lurking on this wonderful forum, I decided to replace the vintage 42 gal. galvanized tank with a brand new WX 302 by Well X Trol. New Sq.D. pressure switch set at 43/63. Tank at 40/41. Bought the house 3 years ago, previous owner said he replaced the pump 12 to 15 years ago. Franklin 1/2 hp. 3 wire, 3450, 230V. My old switch was set at 35/55 or so. No information on the well depth, etc. Installation was not a problem and the tank has worked flawlessly for the last few days (installed on 8-21) Today the daughters were doing dishes and pressure dropped to 15. Switch working fine. Power on both sides of switch. While watching the gage pump started working again and pressure jumped to 50, pump continued til cut off point. Works great at normal cut in and cut out then while pump is running, it mystically stops. I shut off power at service switch for a few minutes and when switched back on, it runs and cycles fine. Pump cycle time is just at two minutes to cut off. Am I on the verge of losing this pump? Pure coincidence on the timing or is it a result of the slightly higher cut off point? Gentlemen, with four daughters and a wife, I need your help pretty quick!! Thanks.