todddrs93
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Started with losing water little by little, like when watering the grass it would take 5 mins and there would be no water left. Then it would take another 5-10 minutes to get any sort of water back.
Eventually it got so bad I had like 5 mins worth of water every hour.
I cut the power and drained the tank and the water in the lines and checked the bladder pressure, it read like 2-3 lbs.
I pumped the tank up to 38lbs and that did not help anything.
Next I replaced the 40/60 pressure switch on the well tank and the pressure gauge to be sure I was getting correct readings.
Then the pressure read around 55lbs, and supplied a steady flow of water for 5 mins, then all the sudden I could literally hear pressure drop and the gauge dived all the way down to 0 within about 10 seconds. I also have a large inline filter with clear housing just after the pump so I could see the water level drop in the filter all the way down till it was empty. It stayed empty for about 30 seconds and the gauge stayed on 0, then all the sudden water flowed back in till full and the gauge instantly popped up to 55lbs.
Now it will constantly do this same thing, flow a few mins, drop to nothing, fill back up in about 30 seconds.
Any ideas whats going on?
Eventually it got so bad I had like 5 mins worth of water every hour.
I cut the power and drained the tank and the water in the lines and checked the bladder pressure, it read like 2-3 lbs.
I pumped the tank up to 38lbs and that did not help anything.
Next I replaced the 40/60 pressure switch on the well tank and the pressure gauge to be sure I was getting correct readings.
Then the pressure read around 55lbs, and supplied a steady flow of water for 5 mins, then all the sudden I could literally hear pressure drop and the gauge dived all the way down to 0 within about 10 seconds. I also have a large inline filter with clear housing just after the pump so I could see the water level drop in the filter all the way down till it was empty. It stayed empty for about 30 seconds and the gauge stayed on 0, then all the sudden water flowed back in till full and the gauge instantly popped up to 55lbs.
Now it will constantly do this same thing, flow a few mins, drop to nothing, fill back up in about 30 seconds.
Any ideas whats going on?