Richfromny
New Member
I figured I would ask the experts here. I replaced my pump with a Gould’s 2 hp a few years ago, and it was over 4K because of the labor. It took hours because my well is over 700 feet down. I believe I have 20’ threaded pvc drop pipe but of course my last pump crapped out during a torrential rain storm so I couldn’t go look. The guys replaced the pump and control box.
Everything works well, except when I run my pool. It has an auto top off and if the water needs to run constantly to fill the pool, I am guaranteed to trip the overload in this situation, and it never happens any other time. . If I turn off the auto fill, and reset the overload, I am fine. Last point- there is a ton of fine black particles and iron in the well, I have a whole house filter and a water softener. The filter is totally clogged every 4-6 weeks so that crap is being pumped through the impellers.
My questions: how do I figure out my flow rate since the well is so deep? Why does the pump overload if I continually run water to fill the pool? My pressure tank is 62 gallons, but at 40/60 there is probably less than 15 gallons drawn down each time the pump starts and stops. Anything else I should know with such a deep well filled with fine particles?
Thanks
Everything works well, except when I run my pool. It has an auto top off and if the water needs to run constantly to fill the pool, I am guaranteed to trip the overload in this situation, and it never happens any other time. . If I turn off the auto fill, and reset the overload, I am fine. Last point- there is a ton of fine black particles and iron in the well, I have a whole house filter and a water softener. The filter is totally clogged every 4-6 weeks so that crap is being pumped through the impellers.
My questions: how do I figure out my flow rate since the well is so deep? Why does the pump overload if I continually run water to fill the pool? My pressure tank is 62 gallons, but at 40/60 there is probably less than 15 gallons drawn down each time the pump starts and stops. Anything else I should know with such a deep well filled with fine particles?
Thanks