tommyy
New Member
Hi all,
first time posting on here, ive had a lot of my questions answered by reading so thank you to all the pros who are on here explaining things.
my problem is that my well tank is losing water pressure at a very slow rate. i shut off water to the house and watched for a while, it slowly makes its way down to about 35 then pump comes on brings pressure up to 60 without a problem. i lose 5 lbs relatively quickly then very slowly from 55 down to 35 maybe over 30 minutes per cycle.
i have a 35 gallon well x troll tank, 1/2hp pump, and 180' of sch 120 pvc.
the water is very corrosive and less than a year ago well guy pulled and replaced the pump that had rotted off the motor. i know he changed the pump and the wire (i hope the cv down there too) do all sub pumps always get a new cv when replaced (i would think so).
i have a 1" flowtec cv on the tee of my tank so im going to go get one and replace it (ive read the other threads about the reason there only needs to be one, but if i put one that works in its place i guess i will save my pump from cycling excessively) i think localities require it. plus this gives me an opportunity to check the pressure in the bladder while i have the system down
any advise on what ive done so far or if a check valve could be bad in the well at less than a year old would be appreciated thanks in advance, and by the way with power off to the pump and the main shut off to the house closed it leaked all the way down to zero
first time posting on here, ive had a lot of my questions answered by reading so thank you to all the pros who are on here explaining things.
my problem is that my well tank is losing water pressure at a very slow rate. i shut off water to the house and watched for a while, it slowly makes its way down to about 35 then pump comes on brings pressure up to 60 without a problem. i lose 5 lbs relatively quickly then very slowly from 55 down to 35 maybe over 30 minutes per cycle.
i have a 35 gallon well x troll tank, 1/2hp pump, and 180' of sch 120 pvc.
the water is very corrosive and less than a year ago well guy pulled and replaced the pump that had rotted off the motor. i know he changed the pump and the wire (i hope the cv down there too) do all sub pumps always get a new cv when replaced (i would think so).
i have a 1" flowtec cv on the tee of my tank so im going to go get one and replace it (ive read the other threads about the reason there only needs to be one, but if i put one that works in its place i guess i will save my pump from cycling excessively) i think localities require it. plus this gives me an opportunity to check the pressure in the bladder while i have the system down
any advise on what ive done so far or if a check valve could be bad in the well at less than a year old would be appreciated thanks in advance, and by the way with power off to the pump and the main shut off to the house closed it leaked all the way down to zero