Out of nowhere the water pressure in our house jumped really high. I summoned the courage to go into the crawl space and find the pressure gauge (in line with the pressure tank and pressure switch). It read 85 PSI. I couldn't figure out how to adjust the pressure switch, so I left it alone for about 2-3 days, and then all of the sudden the pressure went from 85 psi down to 25-30psi and the Solid State Switch or QD Control Box was making a buzzing noise for about a second every 15-30 seconds (it wasn't doing this during the 3 days of high pressure). I figured it was the Control Box and called the company that installed it 19 years ago to replace it. He snapped in a new box and said it was still making a noise (I couldn't hear it), but he insisted it was a problem with the pump itself. I didn't feel like spending $1000 to replace a pump so I told him to wait while I get my wife (she asks good questions, so I figured maybe she would think of something I'm missing).
Long story short, I bring my wife outside, and they are already pulling the pump out and telling me that it was the pump and it would have to be replaced anyways. So they replaced the 1/2 hp pump, the control box, the pressure switch and put air in the pressure tank. I'm now wondering if we were scammed. My wife and I started talking, and wondering if all it needed was a new control box or pressure switch. Do these symptoms sound like something a failing pump would cause? They took the old pump away (I wish I had kept it), but I still have the old Franklin-Electric control box. I'm thinking if I plug the old control box in, and everything keeps working then I'll know they did the right thing by replacing the pump, unless this problem (buzzing noise) is also caused by the pressure switch. If it starts to buzz again, then maybe I was scammed. Any thoughts anyone? Thanks.
Long story short, I bring my wife outside, and they are already pulling the pump out and telling me that it was the pump and it would have to be replaced anyways. So they replaced the 1/2 hp pump, the control box, the pressure switch and put air in the pressure tank. I'm now wondering if we were scammed. My wife and I started talking, and wondering if all it needed was a new control box or pressure switch. Do these symptoms sound like something a failing pump would cause? They took the old pump away (I wish I had kept it), but I still have the old Franklin-Electric control box. I'm thinking if I plug the old control box in, and everything keeps working then I'll know they did the right thing by replacing the pump, unless this problem (buzzing noise) is also caused by the pressure switch. If it starts to buzz again, then maybe I was scammed. Any thoughts anyone? Thanks.