Recent content by mlblevins

Hi all - I'm in a house that I've owned for about a year now and went through last winter without a hitch with the heat pump, which is about 5 years old. This winter, starting in late December or early January, I started having problems. It's a Carrier heat pump, with the air handler inside and...

Speedbump - duly noted on the supplements! I've been drinking bottled water for 2 weeks anyway, and my fridge has a filter for drinking water and ice. I'm going to get in touch with the guys doing the work and ask about well depth and about getting them out here to drop it further. They won't...

Hi Gary - I'm full of questions, but you're full of answers too, so if you don't mind I'd like to re-phrase my previous post: 1) As noted, I don't know specifically what you mean by water conservation measures. Any tips? If/then scenarios: 2) If the well is 100 feet deep (let's say)...

Thanks Gary - what exactly should the water conservation procedures be? I can stay out of the house for days at a time if necessary, and without any hardship. So if using NO water for a while is good, I can do that. Sorry - I'm just not real experienced with this (first well ever). Also, I...

Update - after running the faucet for about 15 minutes (3 faucets for about 10 minutes then just one for another 5), the pressure started dipping under 40. It then eventually jumped around a bit between 10 and 30 (very quickly) and then both the well pump and the water from the faucet shut down...

Thanks Speedbump - just wondering, however, if opening three faucets is eventually going to drain the well to the point that the pump is no longer submerged (or barely submerged)? As I noted, the well produces 4.25-6 GPM, with the lower number being the sustainable level after it's run for 15-20...

Hi Gary - I was having a problem of this sort before the pump was replaced. It was a jet pump and not producing proper pressure, i.e. - it would cut off at 50 psi, but then immediately jump back down about 20 psi after that. The result was that the pump ran often and never actually remained at...

Hi all - I was on this forum last week prior to getting a new well pump and pressure tank and got quite a bit of good input (thanks again BobNH, Speedbump, et al). The new pump install went well (went in Saturday, 12/16) and I'm happy about the new pressure tank. Switched from a too-small...

Thanks Bob. I'm actually going to try to see if there might also be sediment buildup at the gauges. I already had sediment cleaned out near the switch. If I were going to do this, would I simply switch off the jet pump, close the valve between the tank and pump, and remove the gauges (there...

Hi Bob NH - I actually had the pump checked for restrictions between the pump and the switch and there was sediment buildup that has now been removed. The problem is still there, of course, but I imagine it's possible that there is still restriction where the pump is attached to the gauge - that...

Hi Bob, When the pump starts running, it runs for about 5-7 minutes before switching off (with no water running). It's not always the exact amount of time, but that's a good estimate, and it's never less than 5 minutes. Prior to the problems I'm having now, it ran for a much shorter period of...

Hi Bob - and thanks again. Yes, the pump definitely works. I'm certain of that because I've still got water in my house and I can watch it start and run until it gets to the pre-set pressure and then switch off. Afterwards, however, the pressure drops about 20 - 22 psi (immediately), so the...

Sediment, but not sand... Thanks for your input speedbump...I'm getting "dirt" more than sand, i.e. - I can see sediment in a glass of water, the tanks in my toilet actually have a kind of muddy deposit on them that wipe away easily and my sink faucet screens are gunked up, but I wouldn't...

Thanks again! Bob NH - thanks again for your reply. I'll make sure the guys that are doing the work do just that, i.e. - pump the well with a work pump until the water is demonstrably clear. Again, thanks for helping out a newbie on the subject. I'll let y'all know how things go! ~Matt

Thanks all...follow up question too... Unfortunately, there are some details of the well that I'm not familiar with - I don't know the well depth or whether it's drilled or dug. I do know that my jet pump is a deep well pump (2 wires) and that it's 1/2 HP. We are, for the sake of moving...