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jet pump develops leak at discharge end..
I have a home well with 2200 gal sto tank which sends water to the jet pump that sends water to a to 30 gal pressurized tank then the water goes to the house and other outlets.
I had closed the water intake valve that is between the water reservoir tank and the jet pump.
i also closed the discharge end of the pressurized tank
i somehow forgot to turn them both back on and left the scene for over 24 hrs.
While in this "closed system"condition,somehow, the jet received a signal to turn on sometime within the 24 hours i was not home.
How could the jet pump have received a signal to pump water into the pressurized tank when there were no faucets on or leaks in the system?
The only way i can imagine is there was/is a slow leak in the bladder that would cause the jet to come on. ???
Any ideas?
On to the damage resulting from this
When i arrived home,I could hear a faint "humm of the jet motor. It sounded similar to the well when its pumping water ( very quiet.) The jet is always much louder than the well pump(deep well type) except at this time.
After a cooling off period of a half hr, the jet started right up,pumping water. It now sounds louder as it normaly does but now it leaks water around the jet discharge outlet where the pvc joins the jet housing.
Appears to be in a complete 360 degree fashion around the threaded interface of the pvc and the metal housing of the jet pump.
This point is where the pvc comes out of the jet housing and pipes the water to the presurized tank.
QUESTIONS
1-Why would thIS leak occur?
2-How could the jet have received a signal to pump water into the pressurized tank when there were no faucets on or leaks in the system? leaking bladder possibly? anything else?
3) how else could I test or determine if the pressure tank has a bladder problem?
I have a home well with 2200 gal sto tank which sends water to the jet pump that sends water to a to 30 gal pressurized tank then the water goes to the house and other outlets.
I had closed the water intake valve that is between the water reservoir tank and the jet pump.
i also closed the discharge end of the pressurized tank
i somehow forgot to turn them both back on and left the scene for over 24 hrs.
While in this "closed system"condition,somehow, the jet received a signal to turn on sometime within the 24 hours i was not home.
How could the jet pump have received a signal to pump water into the pressurized tank when there were no faucets on or leaks in the system?
The only way i can imagine is there was/is a slow leak in the bladder that would cause the jet to come on. ???
Any ideas?
On to the damage resulting from this
When i arrived home,I could hear a faint "humm of the jet motor. It sounded similar to the well when its pumping water ( very quiet.) The jet is always much louder than the well pump(deep well type) except at this time.
After a cooling off period of a half hr, the jet started right up,pumping water. It now sounds louder as it normaly does but now it leaks water around the jet discharge outlet where the pvc joins the jet housing.
Appears to be in a complete 360 degree fashion around the threaded interface of the pvc and the metal housing of the jet pump.
This point is where the pvc comes out of the jet housing and pipes the water to the presurized tank.
QUESTIONS
1-Why would thIS leak occur?
2-How could the jet have received a signal to pump water into the pressurized tank when there were no faucets on or leaks in the system? leaking bladder possibly? anything else?
3) how else could I test or determine if the pressure tank has a bladder problem?
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