My new well is 208' deep, with a Franklin 2hp pump end and motor set at around 190' on pvc pipe. It provides 25+ gallons per minute. This is my first well, and I had to try to educate myself on everything. When I decided I wanted a CycleStopValve and not an expensive programmer, the pump guy pretty much said have fun so I was on my own.
After doing a lot of reading and making a decision, I bought and installed the CSV (Pside-Kick ordered directly from Texas) and ran all the plumbing. I blew out the lines and did everything by the book. Everything worked fine the first day. Then today, I was at a hose bib pumping water when I noticed it was surging and something was not right. I walked over to my pump house and the pump was short cycling on, off, on, off, on, off with the pressure switch rapidly going from 40 to 60 to 40 to 60 as it turned on and off. I immediately turned the breaker off. It upset me because my pump was very expensive and I was left thinking it could have been harmed. From the time I noticed the issue at the hose to the time I got into the pump house 100 feet away, the pump had likely turned on and off 50 times or so. That is NOT good.
After leaving it off for several minutes, I turned the breaker back on. Everything worked fine, and I had no other issues. I don't understand what the heck caused that, and I am nervous now. After the pump guy scared me telling me the CSV was going to burn the pump up, then this, I don't honestly know what to think. The valve is set at the right pressure, so I have no clue as to what is causing this. All I know is I don't want to ever see my pump doing that again.
Oh, and another thing of note: The valve fills the pressure tank almost immediately, and doesn't take the 1 minute to slowly fill it and cool the pump like I thought it was designed to do . It is like less than 10 seconds. I don't understand this.
After doing a lot of reading and making a decision, I bought and installed the CSV (Pside-Kick ordered directly from Texas) and ran all the plumbing. I blew out the lines and did everything by the book. Everything worked fine the first day. Then today, I was at a hose bib pumping water when I noticed it was surging and something was not right. I walked over to my pump house and the pump was short cycling on, off, on, off, on, off with the pressure switch rapidly going from 40 to 60 to 40 to 60 as it turned on and off. I immediately turned the breaker off. It upset me because my pump was very expensive and I was left thinking it could have been harmed. From the time I noticed the issue at the hose to the time I got into the pump house 100 feet away, the pump had likely turned on and off 50 times or so. That is NOT good.
After leaving it off for several minutes, I turned the breaker back on. Everything worked fine, and I had no other issues. I don't understand what the heck caused that, and I am nervous now. After the pump guy scared me telling me the CSV was going to burn the pump up, then this, I don't honestly know what to think. The valve is set at the right pressure, so I have no clue as to what is causing this. All I know is I don't want to ever see my pump doing that again.
Oh, and another thing of note: The valve fills the pressure tank almost immediately, and doesn't take the 1 minute to slowly fill it and cool the pump like I thought it was designed to do . It is like less than 10 seconds. I don't understand this.
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