Help with Well Problem

[greg21]

We just purchased a very old school house that was converted to a home. We are not living in it, but everytime we are there working on the house we here a pump cycling on and off and it seems to be tied in with the filtration system. We have been very busy with other projects so I haven't concentrated on the well pump or noise. Well, now there is no cycling noice and of course no water! OK, so now I am focusing on the well.

I have never had a well before. I don't know anything about them but I have started reading.

Does it sound like the pump finally died?

Are they hard top replace? There is a big white PVC pipe sticking out in the back yard which I believe is the well. I look down the pipe and I can see what I believe is maybe the top of the pump. There are no wires running down the pipe or anything for that matter.
How does one get the pump out and is there extra wire at the pump so I can pull it out?

Thanks for listening and any help/advice anyone might offer!

[Mike Swearingen]

www.peekspump.com
www.IrrigationTutorials.com
Here are a couple of great tutorials on wells and pumps....and there are others.
Check with the former owners. Check with your Health Department to see what they may have in their permit records for your well, if anything. Check with local area well drillers, plumbers, etc. to see if they installed the last well or know anything about it. You might even check with your School District maintenance people to see if they may know anything.
I would hav eit all inspected in any case.
Good luck!
Mike

[speedbump]

If you had a submersible pump, there would be wires going down the well from the top. You wouldn't be able to see the pump either. You may be looking at the top of the pitless adapter's innards though. If no wire, you have no pump. Or you could have the Pitless with a shallow well or deep well jet pump located elsewhere which is probably why you heard it running. (Duh, now I think of that.)

If the pump was cycling like you mentioned, you have probably fried the pressure switch, capacitor or motor. Cycling kills motors and other related items. This also means your tank is waterlogged.

bob...

[Porky]

I assume you have checked the fuses or electrical trip box! If the fuses and trip fuses are OK and you know nothing about pumps I suggest you call a QUALIFIED pump man. Your pump man may have pasted a sticker with his contact information on the pressure tank or the electrical box. If not look in the yellow pages.

I suspect your initial problem of the pump cycling was a bad pressure tank. Replace the tank.

To prevent the pump from cycling in the future install a Cycle Stop Valve. You're wife will also love the constant pressure (like city water pressure). Look up www.cyclestopvalves.com and call their 800 number for a valve supplier or further assistance.