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It's hard to tell exactly what you have from the picture you posted. I'm going to try and keep this as simple as I can. On a deep well jet pump, you have a "DRIVE" line and a "SUCTION" line. The drive line is always smaller than the suction. Typically the drive line is 1" and the suction is 1.25".
What you really need is a real well head, but since you have a 2.5" casing you can no longer buy the proper casing adapter (well head). If you could convert the 2.5" pipe to 3" you could use a goulds AWJ3 casing adapter and it would be much simpler.
Just remember this-the suction pipe goes directly down to the jet. The drive pipe is the pipe that sends water between the casing and the jet-it's what the leathers are being used to divert into the nozzle of the jet.
When running a multi-stage goulds jet pump the backpressure needs to be about 40-45 psi for a two stage. I would also recommend getting a real regulator and getting rid of that one you have. Look for the AV21 regulator. There is one made specially for horizontal pumps, I can't recall the exact model number off hand.
[edit] OK, I just re-read your post. Your pressure switch has nothing to do with the jet pressure-leave it as is. It always needs to be connected to the "tank pressure", or the same pressure you have in your house lines. Normally they are connected to a port on the pump which reads the same pressure after the pump. Ditch the regulator you have and get an AV-21 regulator, it has a port on it to feed the line to the pressure switch.
I'm leaning towards something beign wrong with the well itself. I normally run jet pressure from anywhere from 40 psi up to 80 psi with no problem, but 2.5" wells and leathers are a little different and it may be possible to flip the leathers. If there is a hole in the casing you would see the same symptoms.
Good luck.
Good luck.
What you really need is a real well head, but since you have a 2.5" casing you can no longer buy the proper casing adapter (well head). If you could convert the 2.5" pipe to 3" you could use a goulds AWJ3 casing adapter and it would be much simpler.
Just remember this-the suction pipe goes directly down to the jet. The drive pipe is the pipe that sends water between the casing and the jet-it's what the leathers are being used to divert into the nozzle of the jet.
When running a multi-stage goulds jet pump the backpressure needs to be about 40-45 psi for a two stage. I would also recommend getting a real regulator and getting rid of that one you have. Look for the AV21 regulator. There is one made specially for horizontal pumps, I can't recall the exact model number off hand.
[edit] OK, I just re-read your post. Your pressure switch has nothing to do with the jet pressure-leave it as is. It always needs to be connected to the "tank pressure", or the same pressure you have in your house lines. Normally they are connected to a port on the pump which reads the same pressure after the pump. Ditch the regulator you have and get an AV-21 regulator, it has a port on it to feed the line to the pressure switch.
I'm leaning towards something beign wrong with the well itself. I normally run jet pressure from anywhere from 40 psi up to 80 psi with no problem, but 2.5" wells and leathers are a little different and it may be possible to flip the leathers. If there is a hole in the casing you would see the same symptoms.
Good luck.
Good luck.
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