dandreozzi
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I bought a house 4 years ago with a private well that I've been told is over 400 ft deep with a submersible pump sitting somewhere around 300 ft down. The house is just over ten years old and the well along with all of the equipment was installed at the same time the house was built. I have a pressure tank in the basement, but I'm not sure of the size. It's a Well-X Troll. I also have a 12 zone spinkler system and ever since I have first turned on the sprinkler system some 4 years ago I've had intermitent problems with the pressure in the tank dropping instantly to zero causing the pipes to hammer (violently at times) and the water to shut off. The problems over the years have occurred less frequently than this particular year where the problem has been happening much more frequently. The sprinkler system normally runs for about 3 1/2 hours before completion. However, this problem can occur within the first 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, etc. It's very random. The problem doesn't seem to be tied to any particular zone since it's happened during virtually every zone run at one point or time. If I shut off the main valve to the spinkler system, then the pipes stop hammering and the pressure in the tank jumps back up to 40 psi (the cut on, cut off is 60 psi).
I finally called a well professional in a week ago because I was concerned that my well may be going dry, or that the pump was failing. He checked the well and told me that there was plenty of water and that the well was producing over 6 GPM. He also told me that the well was recovering at 4 feet per minute which he said was fine. The static water level was about 30 feet down from the top of the well casing. He was at my house for an hour and a half, but of course the problem did not occur. While he was there he also checked the pressure tank which he said was cycling properly and the pressure switch which seemed to be functioning properly. Lastly, he checked the amps going to the well pump. Everything seemed fine (about 9.5 amps while running). The only concern was that it seemed as if the pump was spiking too high during start up at times. He said the amps should only spike high for a split second than return to normal, but he noticed a few times where it hung for a few seconds. He suspected that the pump may be overheating, and if so, should be replaced, but he couldn't say for sure without the problem happening while he was there.
Could this be anything besides an overheating well pump?
I finally called a well professional in a week ago because I was concerned that my well may be going dry, or that the pump was failing. He checked the well and told me that there was plenty of water and that the well was producing over 6 GPM. He also told me that the well was recovering at 4 feet per minute which he said was fine. The static water level was about 30 feet down from the top of the well casing. He was at my house for an hour and a half, but of course the problem did not occur. While he was there he also checked the pressure tank which he said was cycling properly and the pressure switch which seemed to be functioning properly. Lastly, he checked the amps going to the well pump. Everything seemed fine (about 9.5 amps while running). The only concern was that it seemed as if the pump was spiking too high during start up at times. He said the amps should only spike high for a split second than return to normal, but he noticed a few times where it hung for a few seconds. He suspected that the pump may be overheating, and if so, should be replaced, but he couldn't say for sure without the problem happening while he was there.
Could this be anything besides an overheating well pump?