1960 Rancher
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Well I bought a new Dayton 1hp pump. Got the old pump out, removed and cleaned the bladder tank. Ran a new 240V circuit to the new pump. Ran all new CPVC pipes from Pump to tank and to house feed. Got the same setup as before other than the new pump and 240v circuit. I also ran a fishtape in the 1" pipe to find the end for an approximate well location. I put in about 40' of tape.
Primed the pump and started her up. All went well for about a half hour. I had to adjust the pressure down to 20-40 due to the amount of jumping the CPVC was doing with the pump running. Drained the air down to about 17 psi so it would take water. I had a small leak on the suction pipe entering the pump but it was at most a fast drip.
I went to all of the faucets and opened them to get any air out of the pipes. The master bath I opened the sink tub and flushed the toilet. Closed the sink & tub and opened the shower. Closed all and went down to see where the cut off was.
I went back down to the pump and noticed that the gauge was on zero. I immediately shut off the pump. Thinking it lost prime I opened the top plug and noticed it sounded like an air leak then water came out. I removed the in and out pipe from the pump. Both had water in them. I looked in both pipes and both had water in them like earlier in the day when I first put the pump in.
The 90 on the 1-1/4 of course broke when pulling off so I had a hard time removing the rest of the fitting from the 8" stub into the house. I cut off the part of the pipe that split thinking that was why it lost it's prime. I put all back together and filled with water. It only takes about a gal to fill. Started the pump back up and it looked like it was starting to build pressure to about 20psi then it dropped to zero and I shut the pump off.
It almost seems like it is sucking the gauge down to zero. So here it is at 11 PM Saturday night and I have no water.
Not sure what the next step is. I know I need to find the well and pull it up to replace the jet valve but would like to get water back prior to doing that. I don't know if im running the well dry or if the new pump pressure did something to the jet assembly in the well. I need some direction here. Thanks.
Primed the pump and started her up. All went well for about a half hour. I had to adjust the pressure down to 20-40 due to the amount of jumping the CPVC was doing with the pump running. Drained the air down to about 17 psi so it would take water. I had a small leak on the suction pipe entering the pump but it was at most a fast drip.
I went to all of the faucets and opened them to get any air out of the pipes. The master bath I opened the sink tub and flushed the toilet. Closed the sink & tub and opened the shower. Closed all and went down to see where the cut off was.
I went back down to the pump and noticed that the gauge was on zero. I immediately shut off the pump. Thinking it lost prime I opened the top plug and noticed it sounded like an air leak then water came out. I removed the in and out pipe from the pump. Both had water in them. I looked in both pipes and both had water in them like earlier in the day when I first put the pump in.
The 90 on the 1-1/4 of course broke when pulling off so I had a hard time removing the rest of the fitting from the 8" stub into the house. I cut off the part of the pipe that split thinking that was why it lost it's prime. I put all back together and filled with water. It only takes about a gal to fill. Started the pump back up and it looked like it was starting to build pressure to about 20psi then it dropped to zero and I shut the pump off.
It almost seems like it is sucking the gauge down to zero. So here it is at 11 PM Saturday night and I have no water.
Not sure what the next step is. I know I need to find the well and pull it up to replace the jet valve but would like to get water back prior to doing that. I don't know if im running the well dry or if the new pump pressure did something to the jet assembly in the well. I need some direction here. Thanks.
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