conductor
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Hi all,
I currently have a WX202 pressure tank in my crawl space that I tried raising the pressure on from 30/50 to 40/60. The closest I could get was around 38-56. I then read about checking the pre-charge pressure of the tank. Today I went out and turned the power off to the pressure tank switch and opened a 2nd floor faucet. As the pressure was slowly dropping I measured the PSI in the tank with a tire gauge and it always was 5-10 PSI lower than what the pressure gauge was reading. The weird things was that when the pressure gauge was reading about 20PSI the tire gauge reading from the top of the tank was about 16. Shouldn't the tank be 28 at a minimum? At this point I stopped and turned the pump back on. Is this an accurate test? I only turned the pressure tank switch off and not the well pump. I do not see any way to easily drain the tank either. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
I currently have a WX202 pressure tank in my crawl space that I tried raising the pressure on from 30/50 to 40/60. The closest I could get was around 38-56. I then read about checking the pre-charge pressure of the tank. Today I went out and turned the power off to the pressure tank switch and opened a 2nd floor faucet. As the pressure was slowly dropping I measured the PSI in the tank with a tire gauge and it always was 5-10 PSI lower than what the pressure gauge was reading. The weird things was that when the pressure gauge was reading about 20PSI the tire gauge reading from the top of the tank was about 16. Shouldn't the tank be 28 at a minimum? At this point I stopped and turned the pump back on. Is this an accurate test? I only turned the pressure tank switch off and not the well pump. I do not see any way to easily drain the tank either. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks