I'm located in MI, bought this house a year ago, and my well water level is roughly 80' deep (checked by removing cap on well with a weight/string). Neighbor says well was put in 20 years ago or so, doesn't know if the pump has ever been changed. I don't have a well log from the county...should go get one, but this just happened yesterday.
Long story short, the pump started short cycling a week ago. I checked the pressure bladder, and it's water-logged...read this can cause short cycling, so I thought I had found the problem. I planned to change that this weekend (still will), and in the mean time I had been turning the breaker on/off when I needed water so I didn't burn up the well pump.
Yesterday I left the breaker on for an hour or so during dinner where the water wasn't in use. Afterwords, I went outside and noticed the ground around the well head was totally saturated with water...so, the pipe between the house/well was obviously leaking - looks like I found the exact cause of the short cycling
Today I dug down to where my pitless adapter is...it's got a straight threaded pipe connected directly to it, a 90* fitting, and another straight threaded fitting that the poly supply line is clamped to. The piece the poly line is clamped to has a pin hole rusted in it and needs to be changed. Simple enough, right?
My question is this. Everything out there is galvanized steel - the threaded stuff into the pitless adapter, and the pitless adapter itself (I think...need to get a magnet and check). My pitless adapter is a clamp-on style. This stuff is at least 18 years old, and I'd like to do it right this time so I don't have to re-dig in a year when something fails.
What do I need to do to change the pitless adapter?? Pull the well pump? Suggestions on what the professional would do?
Long story short, the pump started short cycling a week ago. I checked the pressure bladder, and it's water-logged...read this can cause short cycling, so I thought I had found the problem. I planned to change that this weekend (still will), and in the mean time I had been turning the breaker on/off when I needed water so I didn't burn up the well pump.
Yesterday I left the breaker on for an hour or so during dinner where the water wasn't in use. Afterwords, I went outside and noticed the ground around the well head was totally saturated with water...so, the pipe between the house/well was obviously leaking - looks like I found the exact cause of the short cycling
Today I dug down to where my pitless adapter is...it's got a straight threaded pipe connected directly to it, a 90* fitting, and another straight threaded fitting that the poly supply line is clamped to. The piece the poly line is clamped to has a pin hole rusted in it and needs to be changed. Simple enough, right?
My question is this. Everything out there is galvanized steel - the threaded stuff into the pitless adapter, and the pitless adapter itself (I think...need to get a magnet and check). My pitless adapter is a clamp-on style. This stuff is at least 18 years old, and I'd like to do it right this time so I don't have to re-dig in a year when something fails.
What do I need to do to change the pitless adapter?? Pull the well pump? Suggestions on what the professional would do?