ABrown
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I have been reading through the forum here to find a similar problem but could not find an exact match so I thought I would ask a question.
I have a 380' well with a 1.5HP 10gpm pump that pumps uphill to my house. There is a bladder pressure tank with a 40/60 switch. The tank has 10 gallons of drawdown.
I recently bought the house so I am new to well operations.
Twice now the pressure in the system has dropped to zero and all water stops flowing. The first time I reset the breakers (which were not tripped) and the pump seemed to reset and refill the pressure tank to supply water. It happened again last night while I was taking a shower. We were using the water to wash clothes and dishes prior to both of us taking a shower. When the water shut off on my I once again went back to the breakers and reset (again they had not tripped) but the system would not stay running. I went to the well head and could hear the pump turn on but it would not stay running unless I opened the spigot at the well. I shut the breaker off and opened the well spigot and water would flow so I turned the breaker back on and heard the pump engage and increase the pressure coming out of the spigot. I went back to the house and looked at the pressure tank. Pressure was back to 40psi and the pump was not running but the pressure switch was activated sending current to the pump. I opened a hose bib and the pressure dropped to 0 and would come back to 40 when I closed the bib. Water would flow in the house also but the pressure would not climb above 40. So I went inside and started researching the cause. I really don't know what is going on though. This morning I went down to check the pressure and it was at 40 still. I checked the power at the switch and it was still sending current to the pump. I reset the breaker and the pump fired up and charged the tank to 60. I opened some faucets and drew the system down to 35 but the pump did not turn on. I reset the breaker and the pump turned on again and brought pressure back to 60. I drew down again and the pump turned on at 40 and off at 60.
Any ideas of what would be causing the intermittent pump/switch/bladder issues? I have not checked the pressure in the bladder yet. I will do that tonight once I get home.
I have a 380' well with a 1.5HP 10gpm pump that pumps uphill to my house. There is a bladder pressure tank with a 40/60 switch. The tank has 10 gallons of drawdown.
I recently bought the house so I am new to well operations.
Twice now the pressure in the system has dropped to zero and all water stops flowing. The first time I reset the breakers (which were not tripped) and the pump seemed to reset and refill the pressure tank to supply water. It happened again last night while I was taking a shower. We were using the water to wash clothes and dishes prior to both of us taking a shower. When the water shut off on my I once again went back to the breakers and reset (again they had not tripped) but the system would not stay running. I went to the well head and could hear the pump turn on but it would not stay running unless I opened the spigot at the well. I shut the breaker off and opened the well spigot and water would flow so I turned the breaker back on and heard the pump engage and increase the pressure coming out of the spigot. I went back to the house and looked at the pressure tank. Pressure was back to 40psi and the pump was not running but the pressure switch was activated sending current to the pump. I opened a hose bib and the pressure dropped to 0 and would come back to 40 when I closed the bib. Water would flow in the house also but the pressure would not climb above 40. So I went inside and started researching the cause. I really don't know what is going on though. This morning I went down to check the pressure and it was at 40 still. I checked the power at the switch and it was still sending current to the pump. I reset the breaker and the pump fired up and charged the tank to 60. I opened some faucets and drew the system down to 35 but the pump did not turn on. I reset the breaker and the pump turned on again and brought pressure back to 60. I drew down again and the pump turned on at 40 and off at 60.
Any ideas of what would be causing the intermittent pump/switch/bladder issues? I have not checked the pressure in the bladder yet. I will do that tonight once I get home.