electriques
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I have a deep well with a submersible pump and a bladder tank. Some time ago I had "the water guy" in to fix a water softener and I casually mentioned to him that we had low water pressure. "I can fix that", he said and went on to adjust one of the nuts on the pressure switch box (not knowing any better I did not intervene). He did not touch the pressure tank.
Since that time our water system has completely gone downhill. The water shuts off constantly, I can't even fill the clothes washer. I tried to adjust the pressure switch and dropped the cut on pressure to 20 but the problem got worse. I did some reading on the Internet and decided to try to increase the air pressure in the pressure tank, because the pressure appeared really low.
After the water shut off today we turned off the pump and the water to the house and pumped more air into the bladder on the pressure tank (up to 28 psi) and adjusted the nut on the pressure switch (but I really have almost no idea what the pressure is now).
BUT THEN...when I tried to turn on the pump and open the water line to the house the reading on the pressure gauge immediately dropped to zero and no water is coming up from the well. When I turned the switch on the pressure box to manual to try to get the water going the pressure reading drops slightly and I just can't get any water running.
When I first pumped up the bladder tank the reading on the pressure gauge was the same as the air pressure in the tank, about 28 psi (there was no water in the tank). When I turned on the water to the house the reading on the guage immediately shot down to zero and is now staying at zero. When the pressure tank has no water in it should the pressure gauge read zero or should it read the air pressure of the pressure tank?
Can a submersible pump lose its prime?
Could I have created some sort of vacuum effect in the water lines or in the pressure tank that stops water from travelling up?
I really need help as I have three kids and no water!
Thanks
Since that time our water system has completely gone downhill. The water shuts off constantly, I can't even fill the clothes washer. I tried to adjust the pressure switch and dropped the cut on pressure to 20 but the problem got worse. I did some reading on the Internet and decided to try to increase the air pressure in the pressure tank, because the pressure appeared really low.
After the water shut off today we turned off the pump and the water to the house and pumped more air into the bladder on the pressure tank (up to 28 psi) and adjusted the nut on the pressure switch (but I really have almost no idea what the pressure is now).
BUT THEN...when I tried to turn on the pump and open the water line to the house the reading on the pressure gauge immediately dropped to zero and no water is coming up from the well. When I turned the switch on the pressure box to manual to try to get the water going the pressure reading drops slightly and I just can't get any water running.
When I first pumped up the bladder tank the reading on the pressure gauge was the same as the air pressure in the tank, about 28 psi (there was no water in the tank). When I turned on the water to the house the reading on the guage immediately shot down to zero and is now staying at zero. When the pressure tank has no water in it should the pressure gauge read zero or should it read the air pressure of the pressure tank?
Can a submersible pump lose its prime?
Could I have created some sort of vacuum effect in the water lines or in the pressure tank that stops water from travelling up?
I really need help as I have three kids and no water!
Thanks
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