Posted: 2/22/2013 6:05:56 PM EDT
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I had to turn off our water to keep the pump from burning up on a Friday evening of coarse.
Pump was cycling on and off about every two seconds when a water fixture was on. When all fixtures were off it would come on for 2 seconds every 60 seconds. Water pressure was much lower than normal. Normally witth the well off the pressure in the system would take a minute to run the pressure out when the faucet was turned on and now the pressure runs down in about 5 seconds. Suggestions would be great. Crawl space mounted pump with a smaller pressure tank, 20 gallons or less. I'll be going into the crawl to look at this in the morning but I don't recall any filters the last time I was down there, 3 years ago. |
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If it's cycling with the water turned off, sounds like a bad check valve or hole in your stand pipe. A bad pressure tank shouldn't cause cycling when you aren't running water. Yeah im taking my suggestion back. if check valve is bad it will fill and then empty . BTW they are cheap too |
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If it's cycling with the water turned off, sounds like a bad check valve or hole in your stand pipe. A bad pressure tank shouldn't cause cycling when you aren't running water. Is there a way to isolate the check valve to diagnose. I'm guessing this valve keeps water from draining out of the system back to the well. Not sure what the stand pipe is. |
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Pressure tank could be shot, internal leak in bladder
Pressure switch diaphram could be Froze or switch just shot. Moisture can freeze in the switch diaphram in this cold. Put a small heater near the switch if thats your only choice. I,ve had fun with these two myself lately when its 10-12 out ten feet down in the ground,,,seem only to happen when the wind screams for days and days and the wind chill is way low. good luck. If your tank is more than 10 years old, its suspect if its smallish, you might not have a capacitor start system that would also be suspect with age, ie. capacitor leak what does your water press. gauge say if you have one that works can you measure tank pressure with a tire gauge, and not get water out the schrader? the reading should be approx. 20 pounds less than your pressure switch cutoff. |
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Does the pressure tank have a air valve stem on it under the gauge? If so, turn off the pump, open your outside faucets, apply air from small compressor until line blows clear. Close faucet, apply 10 to 15lbs air, turn on pump, your pump is waterlogged. check this out
http://www.ehow.com/how_5997764_add-air-well-tank.html |
