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    Shallow Well Pump Losing Prime or Not

    Thanks for your reply. Yes, I agree I am probably pushing my pump past its designed limits with the depth of the well. Until a year ago, the pump and well had performed fine for years, even from that depth. After dealing with this since August of ‘24, 3 months ago I upgraded to the 1 hp pump...
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    Shallow Well Pump Losing Prime or Not

    Appreciate the reply. The pump has no trouble filling the tank and cuts off at 50psi. Sometimes, when it draws down to the cut in at 30psi it has seemingly already lost prime and the pump runs until I can shut it off. This has occurred the last 3 days and it has been sitting, unused, while I...
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    Shallow Well Pump Losing Prime or Not

    Hey everyone. Trying to establish what may be causing my shallow well pump seemingly to lose pressure or prime. When the pressure switch kicks the pump on, a lot of times it runs and won’t build pressure and has evidently lost prime . When I check the pump, the housing is full of water (maybe...
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