djdixon1995
New Member
Greetings,
I recently returned from a long deployment to find that the water pressure in my house had become weak. The guage on the pressure tank would always stabilize at 30 PSI. During my trouble shooting, with a lot of help from the posts in this forum, I discovered that the bladder in the pressure tank was shot.
I just replaced the 80 gal pressure tank with a new 86 gal tank. I also replaced the 40/60 pressure switch and have exactly 38 PSI precharge. But alas, the same symptom persists. If I open a spigot, the pressure drops, when I close the spigot, the pressure stabilizes at 30 PSI. Also, I've noticed that the pump is running continuously. The pump is a 4 inch deep well submersible, 1 HP, 10 GPM (Monarch MST10-100LP) that's about 4 years old.
I have little or no experience with wells but should I assume that if the pump is running constantly, providing 30 PSI, that that's all the pump is capable of and that I need a new pump? Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Doug
I recently returned from a long deployment to find that the water pressure in my house had become weak. The guage on the pressure tank would always stabilize at 30 PSI. During my trouble shooting, with a lot of help from the posts in this forum, I discovered that the bladder in the pressure tank was shot.
I just replaced the 80 gal pressure tank with a new 86 gal tank. I also replaced the 40/60 pressure switch and have exactly 38 PSI precharge. But alas, the same symptom persists. If I open a spigot, the pressure drops, when I close the spigot, the pressure stabilizes at 30 PSI. Also, I've noticed that the pump is running continuously. The pump is a 4 inch deep well submersible, 1 HP, 10 GPM (Monarch MST10-100LP) that's about 4 years old.
I have little or no experience with wells but should I assume that if the pump is running constantly, providing 30 PSI, that that's all the pump is capable of and that I need a new pump? Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Doug