Hopefully this will be a simple question to answer...
About a week ago I started noticing the water pulsing when we used it. Last year we had a pressure tank fail with close to the same but more noticeable symptoms so I figured that I'd check the tank first. Here is what I found. Tapping the top half of the tank still produces a hollow ting sound so it still has air and hasn't pushed any air that I know of into the piping. But when you run water there is only a 10 lb difference then a quick drop to the cut in pressure and the well pump kicks on with a very noticeable drop in water pressure. The system pressure is set at 65/45 but at the moment there is a very quick drop off after 55 lbs with only a faucet running.
Could this still be a bum tank and if it is are there any brands that are better than the duramac tanks I've had considering this will be the second bad tank in 2-1/2 years?
Thanks
Phil
About a week ago I started noticing the water pulsing when we used it. Last year we had a pressure tank fail with close to the same but more noticeable symptoms so I figured that I'd check the tank first. Here is what I found. Tapping the top half of the tank still produces a hollow ting sound so it still has air and hasn't pushed any air that I know of into the piping. But when you run water there is only a 10 lb difference then a quick drop to the cut in pressure and the well pump kicks on with a very noticeable drop in water pressure. The system pressure is set at 65/45 but at the moment there is a very quick drop off after 55 lbs with only a faucet running.
Could this still be a bum tank and if it is are there any brands that are better than the duramac tanks I've had considering this will be the second bad tank in 2-1/2 years?
Thanks
Phil