My water system has been working properly for a few weeks (after solving some problems with the help of the veterans on this forum) and now I have a new problem. The pump cycles on and off rapidly about 6 or 7 times at start up but I have only noticed it when the shower is in use.
The pump is a Mastercraft 3/4 hp. It draws water from a lake. The vertical lift from the lake to the pump is about 12 feet. The pressure tank is at the cottage about 100 ft up a 45 degree hill. The water level in the lake is very low this year, so I recently added another 25 feet of poly pipe to extend the foot valve into deeper water. The water hammer problem started after that, but I'm not sure it was at the same time. Other than that nothing else has changed. There is no additional check valve in the system.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
The pump is a Mastercraft 3/4 hp. It draws water from a lake. The vertical lift from the lake to the pump is about 12 feet. The pressure tank is at the cottage about 100 ft up a 45 degree hill. The water level in the lake is very low this year, so I recently added another 25 feet of poly pipe to extend the foot valve into deeper water. The water hammer problem started after that, but I'm not sure it was at the same time. Other than that nothing else has changed. There is no additional check valve in the system.
Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.