During the past summer our well/pump started acting up... Started losing it's prime and would take a long time to reach it's cut-out pressure of 60psi. The needle of the gauge would occasionally drop 10 tics or more and once or twice lose it's prime again while recharging, and subsequently stop for several minutes before continuing the same routine until it evevntually would reach 60psi.
After reading this forum, i decided to rehcarge my WellMate tank to 2psi below cut-in pressure of 40. This helped in one aspect, the pressure would remain in between 60 and 40 psi for a longer period. However, the time to reach 60 psi would vary from 5 secs to 30 minutes or more after reaching the cut-in, and somtimes would drop much below 40 psi before starting upward again.
Assuming from the beginning that the well might be drying up, my wife and I started to conserve water. The probelm improved somewhat, although we were still in a drought. We've probably had 8 inches of rain since, but the problem still appears somewhat frequently, especially after doing alot of laundry. None of these symptoms had appeared in the previous 3 years that we have owned the property.
I found the invoice from the original well installlation from 1991, which appears to state that the well is 620 feet deep. The invoice show 620 units sold of 6 1/4" well, 8 GPM @ 7.50 per unit. And the contract shows the price per foot being $7.50, so i assume that is right. As far as the water pipe size, it shows 2 different rolls of 1", one being 200 PSI and the other 160 PSI, adding up to about the assumed depth of well plus the distance to the house. The Submerisble pump info does not show the HP or GPM, but has a make and model which is GOULD 7EH10422, although i can find no reference to this model on the manufacturers website for comparison to a newer model, if replacement is needed.
The limited info i could find about the pump is that it has a thermal cutoff, which appears to be triggering whenever the recharge time is abnormal, and retries several minutes later, cutting on and off until it eventually reaches the cut-out. It does hold it's pressure after achieving 60 psi.
Now for my questions:
1. Assuming the depth of the well is 620 ft, could it be that it takes a longer time for the supply of water to replenish and that the problem is still low water supply in the well?
2. If i have the pump pulled, would it be more cost effective to replace the pump, considering it is 15 years old, or would it be reasonable to fix the problem and put it back in.
3. With the above information, could anyone suggest a manufacturer/model of submersible pump as a replacement for these specs?
4. Am I missing something obvious?
Thanks in advance, and all you guys are great!!
After reading this forum, i decided to rehcarge my WellMate tank to 2psi below cut-in pressure of 40. This helped in one aspect, the pressure would remain in between 60 and 40 psi for a longer period. However, the time to reach 60 psi would vary from 5 secs to 30 minutes or more after reaching the cut-in, and somtimes would drop much below 40 psi before starting upward again.
Assuming from the beginning that the well might be drying up, my wife and I started to conserve water. The probelm improved somewhat, although we were still in a drought. We've probably had 8 inches of rain since, but the problem still appears somewhat frequently, especially after doing alot of laundry. None of these symptoms had appeared in the previous 3 years that we have owned the property.
I found the invoice from the original well installlation from 1991, which appears to state that the well is 620 feet deep. The invoice show 620 units sold of 6 1/4" well, 8 GPM @ 7.50 per unit. And the contract shows the price per foot being $7.50, so i assume that is right. As far as the water pipe size, it shows 2 different rolls of 1", one being 200 PSI and the other 160 PSI, adding up to about the assumed depth of well plus the distance to the house. The Submerisble pump info does not show the HP or GPM, but has a make and model which is GOULD 7EH10422, although i can find no reference to this model on the manufacturers website for comparison to a newer model, if replacement is needed.
The limited info i could find about the pump is that it has a thermal cutoff, which appears to be triggering whenever the recharge time is abnormal, and retries several minutes later, cutting on and off until it eventually reaches the cut-out. It does hold it's pressure after achieving 60 psi.
Now for my questions:
1. Assuming the depth of the well is 620 ft, could it be that it takes a longer time for the supply of water to replenish and that the problem is still low water supply in the well?
2. If i have the pump pulled, would it be more cost effective to replace the pump, considering it is 15 years old, or would it be reasonable to fix the problem and put it back in.
3. With the above information, could anyone suggest a manufacturer/model of submersible pump as a replacement for these specs?
4. Am I missing something obvious?
Thanks in advance, and all you guys are great!!