FirkinGood
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I will relay as much info as I know here, but I have not recieved paperwork/history for this well *we've lived here almost 2 years* The well was dug years before we got here.
I have a well, that according to the well company that dug it is 750 feet deep, with the pump sitting at 600 feet. The well casing is 6 inch diameter. The filter that we have is a glass tube with the white "cotton-y" type of filter inside. We had changed the filter about three weeks ago, and since have been losing water pressure. The father-in-law came checked everything over and tested several things. We replaced the switch box and guage at the bottom of the p-tank - no go, said he thought the bladder had burst in the pressure tank so we got a new Pressure tank, then were told that a capacitor(?) had blown in the relay box, replaced it and still no water pressure. Someone suggested that maybe the well was running dry, because we had had no rain in forever, that we should try having someone deliver water and dump it in the well to bring it up to the pump. Tried that and they could only get about ten gallons (if that) into the well. The water delivery people suggested a larger pump, we found that we had a 1 HP pump. They said we had plenty of water in the well.
we've been checking pressure and the tank seems to hold, but the water flow does not
does anyone know how to explain to me in the simplest of terms how to figure out what size pump I should have for the beast well? and what I could do to increase water pressure?
I have a well, that according to the well company that dug it is 750 feet deep, with the pump sitting at 600 feet. The well casing is 6 inch diameter. The filter that we have is a glass tube with the white "cotton-y" type of filter inside. We had changed the filter about three weeks ago, and since have been losing water pressure. The father-in-law came checked everything over and tested several things. We replaced the switch box and guage at the bottom of the p-tank - no go, said he thought the bladder had burst in the pressure tank so we got a new Pressure tank, then were told that a capacitor(?) had blown in the relay box, replaced it and still no water pressure. Someone suggested that maybe the well was running dry, because we had had no rain in forever, that we should try having someone deliver water and dump it in the well to bring it up to the pump. Tried that and they could only get about ten gallons (if that) into the well. The water delivery people suggested a larger pump, we found that we had a 1 HP pump. They said we had plenty of water in the well.
we've been checking pressure and the tank seems to hold, but the water flow does not
does anyone know how to explain to me in the simplest of terms how to figure out what size pump I should have for the beast well? and what I could do to increase water pressure?