Biddle
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I would be most grateful if you would give me a hand at figuring out the well/pump problem I’ve been experiencing the last 2 weeks. The pump circuit breaker trips under normal water demands for 2 people. Example: The circuit breaker trips and, consequently, cuts off the water after running the clothes washer one time and taking a short shower. I’m trying to determine if the pump is bad, the pressure tank is bad, or the well is running out of water.
Our 1.5 HP, submersible, pump is 11 years old. The well is 680 ft. deep. Water pressure has always been terrible. We can’t run the dishwasher at the same time as the shower. I can’t water a plant with a hose in the back yard, if my wife is watering a plant with a hose in the front yard.
But I digress, my immediate concern is that the pump trips the circuit breaker if we do not ration the use of our water. My thoughts: if the pump were bad, i.e., had a short, the breaker would trip again immediately after re-setting it. It doesn’t. We can reset it when it trips and we get water.The circuit breaker doesn’t trip again until we increase our water usage a bit, e.g several loads of wash. If the well was running out of water, would that cause the circuit breaker to trip? Is there some kind of fuse on the submersible pump that causes the circuit breaker to trip if the pump isn’t getting water? If the well ran out of water (water level fell below the pump), wouldn’t it take a while to re-fill after it ran out and tripped the breaker? I can re-set the circuit breaker and the pump starts pumping and water flows immediately. I replaced the circuit breaker hoping it would be something that easy. Still trips.
Thanks for all your help.
Tedd
Our 1.5 HP, submersible, pump is 11 years old. The well is 680 ft. deep. Water pressure has always been terrible. We can’t run the dishwasher at the same time as the shower. I can’t water a plant with a hose in the back yard, if my wife is watering a plant with a hose in the front yard.
But I digress, my immediate concern is that the pump trips the circuit breaker if we do not ration the use of our water. My thoughts: if the pump were bad, i.e., had a short, the breaker would trip again immediately after re-setting it. It doesn’t. We can reset it when it trips and we get water.The circuit breaker doesn’t trip again until we increase our water usage a bit, e.g several loads of wash. If the well was running out of water, would that cause the circuit breaker to trip? Is there some kind of fuse on the submersible pump that causes the circuit breaker to trip if the pump isn’t getting water? If the well ran out of water (water level fell below the pump), wouldn’t it take a while to re-fill after it ran out and tripped the breaker? I can re-set the circuit breaker and the pump starts pumping and water flows immediately. I replaced the circuit breaker hoping it would be something that easy. Still trips.
Thanks for all your help.
Tedd