mjwalfredo
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Hi All, have been reading and searching and decided to join this morning, looks like a great forum. I am having a problem with my water pressure running out completely and taking a long time to build up again.
I just bought a house with a well and some type of pump that must be submersible or a jet pump. There is a Wellxtrol pressure tank with a bladder as well. Now bear with me because everything I have learned about wells and pumps has come from this website and others on the Internet.
Here is the deal, when we use the water heavily, the water pressure will drop to zero. It seems like it takes a little while for the pressure to start climbing from zero and it takes a hell of a long time for the pressure to build back up. I am not even sure it even makes it up to the 50psi cut off.
I replaced the old pressure switch which was a 50-20. I checked the pressure in the tank and it was a little over 20. The new switch is a 50-30 so I pumped the tank to 28psi like I have read on the forum. I thought that could have been the problem as to why my pump was letting pressure drop to zero before the pump came on.
Now, the water pressure cuts out completely even faster than it did before. I am guessing because there is a smaller difference in the cut out and in settings and the pump is either not coming on when it should or is not pumping the water fast enough.
As a side note, I also plan on replacing the nipple for the pressure switch. I could not get it off yesterday but it looked like water was flowing through easily so I didn't bother at the time.
I am starting to think that the pump is needing a replacement or the pump may just need to be deeper. I don't think it is a problem with the pressure tank but I could easily be wrong. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could potentially be?
Today I am going to watch the contacts on the pressure switch to see how often the pump is cycling when the shower is running since I have never been able to tell when the pump is going on and off. If anyone has any suggestions as to other processes to keep an eye on so I can provide more helpful information, please feel free to provide them. Thanks a lot! Phew, I havn't typed that much in a while, pat yourself on the back if you read all of it
-Mark
I just bought a house with a well and some type of pump that must be submersible or a jet pump. There is a Wellxtrol pressure tank with a bladder as well. Now bear with me because everything I have learned about wells and pumps has come from this website and others on the Internet.
Here is the deal, when we use the water heavily, the water pressure will drop to zero. It seems like it takes a little while for the pressure to start climbing from zero and it takes a hell of a long time for the pressure to build back up. I am not even sure it even makes it up to the 50psi cut off.
I replaced the old pressure switch which was a 50-20. I checked the pressure in the tank and it was a little over 20. The new switch is a 50-30 so I pumped the tank to 28psi like I have read on the forum. I thought that could have been the problem as to why my pump was letting pressure drop to zero before the pump came on.
Now, the water pressure cuts out completely even faster than it did before. I am guessing because there is a smaller difference in the cut out and in settings and the pump is either not coming on when it should or is not pumping the water fast enough.
As a side note, I also plan on replacing the nipple for the pressure switch. I could not get it off yesterday but it looked like water was flowing through easily so I didn't bother at the time.
I am starting to think that the pump is needing a replacement or the pump may just need to be deeper. I don't think it is a problem with the pressure tank but I could easily be wrong. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could potentially be?
Today I am going to watch the contacts on the pressure switch to see how often the pump is cycling when the shower is running since I have never been able to tell when the pump is going on and off. If anyone has any suggestions as to other processes to keep an eye on so I can provide more helpful information, please feel free to provide them. Thanks a lot! Phew, I havn't typed that much in a while, pat yourself on the back if you read all of it
-Mark