Sud n Clean
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I'm new to the board, but have read many posts - and learned a lot, but a little too late, I'm afraid. Here's the low down. I have a 220' well w 6" pvc casing, 30' to the water, pump at approx 195'. Old pump - Franklin Electric submersible 1/2 hp, 230V, 2 wire. Have 30 or 40 gal pre-charged tank (broke, I think), pressure switch, sch40 down pipe. New pump - Aermotor submersible 1/2 hp, 230V, 2 wire. Old pump failed. Pulled it and replaced with new pump. Running at 50-70 on pressure switch, as 40 psi is too little to run two impact sprinklers connected to 400' of water hose. I think I just found out that my tank is bad, as the pump cycles on and off every 10 to 15 seconds at first, until it runs for a while and the pump no longer charges the system to the 70 psi kick off level. Water pressure continues to drop during the hour that I run the pump, dropping down to 40 psi and even lower. I have found that the system leaks off approx 4 psi per hour in a static state with the pump off, so I'm thinking the loss of pumping pressure isn't due to the obvious leak I have in the system. Also, the new pump will not recharge the line to the 70 psi high pressure limit when I shut off the valve (this is after it's run for a while and no longer cycles on and off). It only comes up 5 psi or so and then stops. So, I've been unplugging the pump when I turn off the water. When I let the pump sit overnight and plug it back in, it recharges the system like nothing's wrong. But something is wrong, isn't there! Can you help me?
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