Recent content by RAM1961

I've been fighting for two weeks to find a frozen water line. Previous (original) owner and builder doesn't remember how they came out of the shop with the water line to the well. Nor does he remember how deep the line is although he thought no more than three feet. Anyway, yesterday, I was...

The pressure tank is an Amtrol Champion. I have also attached a crude drawing of how the system works (in pdf format below) per the drilling company owner who came out Thursday. Another shot of tank side - line comes in and there's a shut-off valve visible in the wall. The last shot is...

The guy from the plumbing/drilling company said that box (pic above) was power for pressure tank. There's an on/off switch next to it to turn off well/tank. I don't know what's what. I'm leaning against this being a frozen pipe problem - my first post was wrong - water line from well runs...

Needle on voltmeter sweeps quickly across the dial face from left to right and stays there - it's pegged. Oh, and to answer an earlier question, draining water from valve on pressure tank produced nothing but a slow trickle of clear water.

You lost me with that comment.

Scratch the above post. I punched three holes at various distances, and the ground is frozen only up to 8" where it collects run-off. I find it illogical to believe that it may be frozen at the "T" where line continues to the house and "T's" off to pressure tank. Water straight from the pump...

Further investigation with the help of a specialist locally has led us to believe the line into the pressure tank from the well is frozen. It more than likely is frozen right at the edge of the lean-to of the shop where water has run off, soaked into the ground and then froze. I checked with...

This morning, I followed Reach4's advice - I hooked up a hose on the drain coming out of the tank - right past the gauge. Nothing came out. A little gurgle at first but that was it. BoyceDrilling - it does not appear to have pegged all the way around. There's a heavy duty switch and a...

How do I know the well turned off? I can drain into a bucket. I don't know which circuit breaker is well or pressure tank. An electrician built this place and didn't mark a single breaker in house or shop.

I wrote the above at work. Went and checked tonight - pressure tank gauge is reading zero. I'm guessing that means the well is bypassing it? What do I do to get pressure back in tank? I have pics if needed.

I live out in the country - on my own well. Well is connected to pressure tank in my shop, and from there the water line runs underground to house about 175 ft. away, as well as is connected to sink/toilet in the shop. I was 2000 miles away two weeks ago, and had my dad checking on pellet...

Problem solved. Bought a new control unit. Water quality is improving every day. Thank you to all who responded for the help.

Pushing the red button didn't help - it does act like indexing (center) knob/dial is jammed. It did not turn even after taking it off tank.

Thank you for your reply - prior to checking back out here, I figured out I needed to look for Fleck rebuild kit and have one coming. However, I followed video instructions to tear this down - there's really no buildup in either valve assemblies or the line running to salt tank. Both valves...

The home is 7 years old, so am guessing system is no older then that. And yes, I can hear it running. I've done some searching, but not finding a rebuild kit for it.