chrt396
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Well suction pipe has collapsed
Hi to all! This is my first post...so thank you in advance for any help you can offer. I live in the Tampa Bay area in Florida. I have a shallow well that has 6 points. Last night I was noticing that all the zones on my system operated except for the 6th zone. NOTHING would come out of it. I tried two or three times to cycle the zones with the same results. No water on zone 6. It was late so I decided to wait until today to mess with it. Today however was the watering day. When I got home tonight, I came in through the garage and heard the pump going but then it hit me that I did not see a sprinkler on in the front at all. I went to the timer and advanced the zones and today...NONE of the zones were working where the night before, only zone 6 was inoperative. I went over to the side of the house where the pump is and noticed that the intake suction pipe has collapsed. I'm a bit at a loss as to what to do. The pump is working...I do NOT know how much damage, if any, has been done to the pump. It's weird because the day before, the system was working perfectly except for the 6th zone. The pump was scheduled to go on this morning. When I left for work, I was in a hurry, so I didn't notice if the pump had been sucking air or if it was collapsed at that time. The pump runs about 51/2 hours for a complete cycle. I just noticed it this evening when I got home. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Hi to all! This is my first post...so thank you in advance for any help you can offer. I live in the Tampa Bay area in Florida. I have a shallow well that has 6 points. Last night I was noticing that all the zones on my system operated except for the 6th zone. NOTHING would come out of it. I tried two or three times to cycle the zones with the same results. No water on zone 6. It was late so I decided to wait until today to mess with it. Today however was the watering day. When I got home tonight, I came in through the garage and heard the pump going but then it hit me that I did not see a sprinkler on in the front at all. I went to the timer and advanced the zones and today...NONE of the zones were working where the night before, only zone 6 was inoperative. I went over to the side of the house where the pump is and noticed that the intake suction pipe has collapsed. I'm a bit at a loss as to what to do. The pump is working...I do NOT know how much damage, if any, has been done to the pump. It's weird because the day before, the system was working perfectly except for the 6th zone. The pump was scheduled to go on this morning. When I left for work, I was in a hurry, so I didn't notice if the pump had been sucking air or if it was collapsed at that time. The pump runs about 51/2 hours for a complete cycle. I just noticed it this evening when I got home. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
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