mistermango
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Hello all. I've lurked around this forum for a while, learning what I can from your expertise. I need direction on a problem I'm having.
I am a new homeowner who inherited a shallow well irrigation system that I can't get going. Best I can figure from the research I've done, I have a Water Ace R10L (of course, the model number tag on the pump is blank). It is a 1HP shallow well jet pump. I live on the NC coast, in sandy soil.
My attempts to prime the pump, which I have never seen produce water, are fruitless. The pump runs, making a whirring sound, but the water sitting in the vertical discharge pipe just hangs there, topped out at the discharge plug.
The pump discharges into a two-foot long pipe with two tees. The lower tee runs out, elbows down, then underneath the driveway to a spigot (about 25 feet from the pump). The upper tee runs out and elbows up to another spigot (right above the pump).
When I fill the pump to prime and open the far spigot, water dribbles out and the water level in the discharge pipe slowly drops a bit. When I fill the pump to prime and open the near spigot, nothing happens and the water level in the discharge pipe remains high. Best I can figure, some of the water that is in the pipe running underground is dribbling out when I open the far spigot.
I have not checked the water levels in the well yet, as I do not want to cut open the suction pipe until I have to. I want to suss out anything that may be going on with the pump/discharge end before messing with the well/suction end. The suction pipe is 1 1/4 inch PVC, encased in poured concrete.
What do you guys recommend I do to troubleshoot? Any thoughts on what the problem may be? Pump issue? Air leak? I have attached a couple of photos so you can see the situation. The manual for my pump can be found at: http://www.waterace.com/pdf/R7L R10L R15L R20L and R25L Lawn Sprinkler Pumps Manual.pdf.
Thanks in advance,
Jacob
I am a new homeowner who inherited a shallow well irrigation system that I can't get going. Best I can figure from the research I've done, I have a Water Ace R10L (of course, the model number tag on the pump is blank). It is a 1HP shallow well jet pump. I live on the NC coast, in sandy soil.
My attempts to prime the pump, which I have never seen produce water, are fruitless. The pump runs, making a whirring sound, but the water sitting in the vertical discharge pipe just hangs there, topped out at the discharge plug.
The pump discharges into a two-foot long pipe with two tees. The lower tee runs out, elbows down, then underneath the driveway to a spigot (about 25 feet from the pump). The upper tee runs out and elbows up to another spigot (right above the pump).
When I fill the pump to prime and open the far spigot, water dribbles out and the water level in the discharge pipe slowly drops a bit. When I fill the pump to prime and open the near spigot, nothing happens and the water level in the discharge pipe remains high. Best I can figure, some of the water that is in the pipe running underground is dribbling out when I open the far spigot.
I have not checked the water levels in the well yet, as I do not want to cut open the suction pipe until I have to. I want to suss out anything that may be going on with the pump/discharge end before messing with the well/suction end. The suction pipe is 1 1/4 inch PVC, encased in poured concrete.
What do you guys recommend I do to troubleshoot? Any thoughts on what the problem may be? Pump issue? Air leak? I have attached a couple of photos so you can see the situation. The manual for my pump can be found at: http://www.waterace.com/pdf/R7L R10L R15L R20L and R25L Lawn Sprinkler Pumps Manual.pdf.
Thanks in advance,
Jacob
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