jm1414
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Hello all, hope you can help can cause next step is to dig a well!!
OK here we go:
1) Jet pump lost it's prime twice..
2) Lake is located about 80' foot down from the house...
3) To be safe changed the foot valve on the 2 line pipe.
4) Didn't work, "expert" said maybe the pump is bad
5) Changed the pump...
6) Pump won't prime...
7) Expert now think the line is broken and recommend excavation..
8) When I checked the pump after a week of non usage it showed 25 psi... does that invalidate the pipe leaking theory?
9) What I'm thinking is given the high vertical drop, maybe air is trapped in the line and preventing the pump from priming or maybe the ejector is dirty...
Question 1: Is there a good test to determine if the line is leaking?
Question 2: Is it true that sometimes it's easier to prime if I push water up by installing a faucet just after the foot valve?
Question 3 is there an easy way to check / clean an ejector?
Question 4: What do you recommend I do next?
Thanks so much in advance. Life without water is no fun.
OK here we go:
1) Jet pump lost it's prime twice..
2) Lake is located about 80' foot down from the house...
3) To be safe changed the foot valve on the 2 line pipe.
4) Didn't work, "expert" said maybe the pump is bad
5) Changed the pump...
6) Pump won't prime...
7) Expert now think the line is broken and recommend excavation..
8) When I checked the pump after a week of non usage it showed 25 psi... does that invalidate the pipe leaking theory?
9) What I'm thinking is given the high vertical drop, maybe air is trapped in the line and preventing the pump from priming or maybe the ejector is dirty...
Question 1: Is there a good test to determine if the line is leaking?
Question 2: Is it true that sometimes it's easier to prime if I push water up by installing a faucet just after the foot valve?
Question 3 is there an easy way to check / clean an ejector?
Question 4: What do you recommend I do next?
Thanks so much in advance. Life without water is no fun.