Chriss1967
New Member
We have a 250 foot deep well with water at about 100 feet down. We have a 1 horse power submersible pump (just bought a new one). We also just replaced the pressure switch (30/50). We also just replaced the pressure tank (36 gallons). When we flipped the breaker on, the switched clicked on, the pressure built to 40 and then kicked off. We ran a hose to clear out the dirty water and the pressure dropped to under 30. The pressure switch kicked on as it should have but immediately shut off and the pressure dropped to 0. Now we can't get the pump to turn on at all. Help?? Could it be a broken wire to the pump? We tested the ohms from the breaker box to the pressure switch, the ohms from the wires coming from the house to the top of the casing where the pump goes down to the water. We also tested the wires that are attached to the top of the casing down to the actual pump itself. All registered as they should (220). When we dropped the pump into the water, it acted as I stated above. It doesn't take much 'power' to register on the ohms reader but to power a pump it takes more which is why we think it may be a broken wire. Any advise?