I am baffled by a problem I am having with our deep well. When the pump is on it will make pressure to 50 psi and then trip one side of a double pole 30 amp breaker.
Some background.
We moved into the house Oct 2007. I am told the well is 600 feet and has never produced a high volume of water. The well head is about 250 feet from the house. Our area has alot of mineral deposits in the water. We do not have a water softener.
Last Nov we had to replace the line running from the house to the well head due to a short in it. I direct buried the line in the yard but never buried it crossing the driveway, just sleeved it in pvc until I could get around to it.
Last wednesday my wife said water ran out. Breaker's were fine, but the system has a sub panel by the Pressure tank in the basement. Those 30 amp fuse's were blown. I replaced them pressure started building. when it maxed out the breaker tripped. I also replaced the breaker.
I replaced the wire where it crosses the driveway due to some abrasions in it. Last night while checking things out I found the control box capacitor (Franklin Electric 1 hp 230v) oozing. I replaced that this morning with a new control box.
Fired everything up and made pressure. When it hits 50 lbs instead of just cutting out after about 2 minutes the same breaker always trips.
Could this be a pressure switch problem due to scale buildup or does it sound more like a pump failing? I don't know how old the pump is, but aqm checking.
I am heading to pick up an Amp meter to check the amperage while running.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Pmc
Some background.
We moved into the house Oct 2007. I am told the well is 600 feet and has never produced a high volume of water. The well head is about 250 feet from the house. Our area has alot of mineral deposits in the water. We do not have a water softener.
Last Nov we had to replace the line running from the house to the well head due to a short in it. I direct buried the line in the yard but never buried it crossing the driveway, just sleeved it in pvc until I could get around to it.
Last wednesday my wife said water ran out. Breaker's were fine, but the system has a sub panel by the Pressure tank in the basement. Those 30 amp fuse's were blown. I replaced them pressure started building. when it maxed out the breaker tripped. I also replaced the breaker.
I replaced the wire where it crosses the driveway due to some abrasions in it. Last night while checking things out I found the control box capacitor (Franklin Electric 1 hp 230v) oozing. I replaced that this morning with a new control box.
Fired everything up and made pressure. When it hits 50 lbs instead of just cutting out after about 2 minutes the same breaker always trips.
Could this be a pressure switch problem due to scale buildup or does it sound more like a pump failing? I don't know how old the pump is, but aqm checking.
I am heading to pick up an Amp meter to check the amperage while running.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Pmc