When I leave teh house for a day or more, I usually turn off the water to the house in case something happens and turn off power to the well. I have a pressure tank on a well. Its NOT a bladder tank, just a regular 120 gallon or so. Anyway, I forgot to shut the water off to the house and when I got home, I had no water coming out of the faucets. Fearing the worst, I checked outside and finally realized my pressure tank was half full of water, but had 0psi of pressure. This was after about 4 days of no use. It APPEARS as though the pressure simply 'leaked out', and without the well on, it did not fill it to keep pressure up.
What does this mean, is it a problem and should I do anything about it? The tank itself is probably 10 years old, and any area that is threaded for pipe or gauge is flaking off and swollen with rust, despite my best efforts of rust reducing spray paint.
I just drained the tank in the yard to empty and fired up the well. All is well and working now.
What say you plumbers?
EDIT: I know it had enough water in the tank when i got home to be about 2/3 full. I could see this from the condensation on the outside of the tank. No water leaks anywhere else that I could see. If it had no water in it and 0PSI, then that would be one thing, but its strange to me to have water and no pressure. Maybe thats to be expected after 4 days of no use, but I don't think so.
What does this mean, is it a problem and should I do anything about it? The tank itself is probably 10 years old, and any area that is threaded for pipe or gauge is flaking off and swollen with rust, despite my best efforts of rust reducing spray paint.
I just drained the tank in the yard to empty and fired up the well. All is well and working now.
What say you plumbers?
EDIT: I know it had enough water in the tank when i got home to be about 2/3 full. I could see this from the condensation on the outside of the tank. No water leaks anywhere else that I could see. If it had no water in it and 0PSI, then that would be one thing, but its strange to me to have water and no pressure. Maybe thats to be expected after 4 days of no use, but I don't think so.
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