OK I'm thinking that I call it good for now.....but I'm not sure. 20 yr old 4" submersible well system, nothing has been done to the system for the last 20 years. I started sprinklers this year and pressure was much lower than in the past 26-29psi it used to be 40 or so before. Tested the system starting with the tank/blatter, ended up increasing the blatter from 20 to 30 psi held air fine but didn't change the over all pressure when sprinklers were running. System is cycling at 38/62psi which i'm assuming is fairly normal, only goes below 38 when sprinklers are running.
I decided to pull the submersible pump so I could check it over for anything obvious and probably just replace the pump and whatever else looked questionable. I was just checking it out today to assess the situation and to get things lined up to do the actual removal on Monday. I unhooked the pitless adapter lifted the pump up about 4 feet, just to make sure i was doing it right, lifted it up and down a few times to test my homemade lift system. I put everything back to gether, lots of dirty water in the house system at first when i turned it back on but it seems to be fine now. Sprinklers seem to work great now holding at 40 psi. Should i leave it as is?
I decided to pull the submersible pump so I could check it over for anything obvious and probably just replace the pump and whatever else looked questionable. I was just checking it out today to assess the situation and to get things lined up to do the actual removal on Monday. I unhooked the pitless adapter lifted the pump up about 4 feet, just to make sure i was doing it right, lifted it up and down a few times to test my homemade lift system. I put everything back to gether, lots of dirty water in the house system at first when i turned it back on but it seems to be fine now. Sprinklers seem to work great now holding at 40 psi. Should i leave it as is?