oldhagonthewstcoast
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I am real tired of trying to be a plumber's partner/well pump sidekick, lol We have a 120ft. well with a submersible pump, pulling the pump was getting to be easy, compared to having no water. We have had to replace pretty much everything, except the well casing itself, (omg, Knock on wood, prob. will have to, now that I have said the words aloud) We have replaced the control box, the wiring, pressure control switch, drop pipe, the wire, and have tried to secure the damned wire against the drop pipe, so as not to have it, yet again, torque the wire against the casing, so as to short itself out., oh, and I forgot to mention, yeah, replaced the pump also. We had discovered that our pump had been short cycling, and of course had worn itself out, because it had been wired wrong, it was a horrible mess, so, we replaced everything, and thought that we had it whipped, my heart sank when I got my power bills, the power bills had been rising, rising, rising, I had written a letter to the power co., asking if they could help us find the reason that we had this huge jump in consumption, and that is when we found that our pump had been short cycling for a cpl of months, it had tripled our power usage. So after we had replaced everything, thought that we were "back on track", the following month, aaahhhhh, still a huge bill, and we not knowing then, that you could wire a pump to run backwaards, and not shut off, dammit! we would listen for the pump to cut in, it would, we had water, but low, low pressure, so, when I got my bill, and was done crying, I discovered, that yes, in fact, we had it wired backwards. Switched two wires around, and wow, a damned miracle. SO, NOW, I am stressing, the pump will cut in, draw up the water, cut out, and immediately start to drop in pressure on the gauge, until, yes, the cut in. I have shut off all water being used in the house, and still the drop. We do not have a way to cut the water to the house, leaving only the tank, and pump on the one side, in order to "narrow it down". to the well and tank, or the pipes to the house, I have looked and looked, and do not see an obvious leak, (as quickly as the pressure drops, seems like I would be able to see some signs) I turned on the power waited for the pump to cut out, and cut the power, and did not hear anything down the well, but still, the drop. I do not know what to do now. I HAVE TO HAVE MY WATER!!!!! HELP!!!!