About a week ago, my kitchen faucet became clogged from quite a bit of dirt and sediment in the water. The kitchen faucet is hard water with all other faucets softened water. The other faucets continued to work but only a trickle of water. When I by-passed the softener, pressure was fine to the other faucets, but water was dirty and sediment filled. I called the local pump contractor out. From what I told him he thought it was a problem with the tank (80 gallon steel tank - no bladder) specifically the air ejector control. He explained that the tank likely had too much air built up and was stirring up the sediment on the tank bottom.
He came out, drained the tank getting a lot of dirt out in the process and replaced the air ejector control. After regenerating the water softner 3 times, flow to the other faucets seems to be back to normal. The new air ejector control starts releasing air at 32psi. The pump cuts in at 30 and shuts off at 50.
Yesterday, I had another incident of the kitchen faucet becoming clogged again with extremely dirty water. I took it apart, cleaned it, and everything seems okay today. I concerned that there is something else going on here that is causing the periodic dirt and sediment. I guess it's possible that this was dirt remaining in the tank from last week that dislodged.
Any other thoughts on this whole situation would be appreciated. Thanks.
He came out, drained the tank getting a lot of dirt out in the process and replaced the air ejector control. After regenerating the water softner 3 times, flow to the other faucets seems to be back to normal. The new air ejector control starts releasing air at 32psi. The pump cuts in at 30 and shuts off at 50.
Yesterday, I had another incident of the kitchen faucet becoming clogged again with extremely dirty water. I took it apart, cleaned it, and everything seems okay today. I concerned that there is something else going on here that is causing the periodic dirt and sediment. I guess it's possible that this was dirt remaining in the tank from last week that dislodged.
Any other thoughts on this whole situation would be appreciated. Thanks.