I have a strange issue with a well pump in a cabin we just moved into. The well is an old one and as far as I can tell, the pump was replaced some time ago with a 120v Sears model that may or may not be a jet pump. There is a small copper line running out of the cap on the well shaft. Much like the copper line that runs water to an ice maker. There is no valve on the tubing. It just runs out a hole in the cap. When the pump is running, the line is pulling air in. You can hear it making sort of a sucking sound. In the winter, we turn the pump off because the cabin is not heated and the water lines will freeze in our Minnesota winter. During this time, with the pump off and the water lines in the cabin drained, water drips from this copper tubing. We catch the water to use when we come up to the cabin. We can fill a 5 gallon bucket several times a day. I can't for the life of me figure out where this wate is coming from. How does anytyhing in the well generate enough pressure to force water to drip from this line when everything is turned off and drained?? Anybody have more of a clue than I do? Thanks!!!!
Daryl
Daryl