JoshRountree
Member
Hi everyone, I recently bought my first house back in May of this year. Ever since I moved in you could feel the pump kicking on/off when the pressure tank would get to its cut-in (30psi), water pressure has always been lack luster unless the pump was going or the pressure tank got to 50psi, any other time the water pressure was not that great, and sometimes it would be better than other times.
This morning I was taking a shower and the water pressure started to drop, and drop, and drop. I though it might be the pressure switch, so I got one when I got off work this evening. I went to replace the pressure switch but decided to see if the wire going to the pump was hot (indicating that the current pressure switch was working), well it was. That got me to thinking that the pressure switch might not be bad after all.
And now some stuff that I can't explain. I flipped the breaker to the pump off, and opened up a couple of faucets. The pressure gauge never drops, it stays around 27 psi? Is this because of the pre-charge? I don't think so, but it's got me confused.
Looks like I'm going to call a local plumbing company to come out tomorrow, they have a "Goulds" sign outside their shop, are their pumps any good?
This morning I was taking a shower and the water pressure started to drop, and drop, and drop. I though it might be the pressure switch, so I got one when I got off work this evening. I went to replace the pressure switch but decided to see if the wire going to the pump was hot (indicating that the current pressure switch was working), well it was. That got me to thinking that the pressure switch might not be bad after all.
And now some stuff that I can't explain. I flipped the breaker to the pump off, and opened up a couple of faucets. The pressure gauge never drops, it stays around 27 psi? Is this because of the pre-charge? I don't think so, but it's got me confused.
Looks like I'm going to call a local plumbing company to come out tomorrow, they have a "Goulds" sign outside their shop, are their pumps any good?