SandyHills
New Member
Hello everyone,
I'll do the best I can to explain what we've got going on. We live in FL, so we're using a submerged pump with a bladder tank, it has a 40 - 60 Square D pressure relay switch we just replaced because our old one was really bad, even though the house was built in 2005 and it was only 8 years old. The tank has 35 PSI in it and our problem is that the pump seems to be always running, it kicks on at 45 and then off at 60 and then it just sits there at like 45. I have been searching around the board looking for information and I am wondering if the problems we're having could be related to a leak in the back valve, or something. We have black particulate matter in the water along with lots of dirt, especially after it rains a lot. We don't have a low pressure cut off switch lever on the Pressure Relay Switch, and don't know where the back valve is to see if there's some kind of leak in it. I wish I could offer more information on the make and model but I can't really see it on there, the sticker is kind of worn away. What would you advise for having dirty water that will eventually clear up, and what seems like AIR in the line as it sputters a lot when it tried to come back on after the switch got replaced or a power failure? Thank you in advance for any advice you can offer us as we don't know what to do short of calling a well man out.
I'll do the best I can to explain what we've got going on. We live in FL, so we're using a submerged pump with a bladder tank, it has a 40 - 60 Square D pressure relay switch we just replaced because our old one was really bad, even though the house was built in 2005 and it was only 8 years old. The tank has 35 PSI in it and our problem is that the pump seems to be always running, it kicks on at 45 and then off at 60 and then it just sits there at like 45. I have been searching around the board looking for information and I am wondering if the problems we're having could be related to a leak in the back valve, or something. We have black particulate matter in the water along with lots of dirt, especially after it rains a lot. We don't have a low pressure cut off switch lever on the Pressure Relay Switch, and don't know where the back valve is to see if there's some kind of leak in it. I wish I could offer more information on the make and model but I can't really see it on there, the sticker is kind of worn away. What would you advise for having dirty water that will eventually clear up, and what seems like AIR in the line as it sputters a lot when it tried to come back on after the switch got replaced or a power failure? Thank you in advance for any advice you can offer us as we don't know what to do short of calling a well man out.