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I have learned a ton off of this forum so far, thanks!
Here's a few more questions I have:
Recently I began hearing a slight thump from under the house whenever the well pump cut on. Might just be pipe hammer. That in itself is not a problem except that it alerted me that my pump was cycling WAY too much.
It is a deep pump, sumberged, I have no other details. I never noticed this before, but until recently when we would loose power we still could take maybe 2 quick showers. Now, with a fully charged system I only get about 1.5 gallons! I have increased the pressure range for my on/off slightly to try and get more into the tank, which helped, but not much. It was cutting on about twice for every toilet flush, now maybe once. Using a hose normally it cuts on maybe every <30 secs; certainly not longer.
Tank: State Industries SPMD20, 20 gal, should be about 5-6 gals drawdown
Pres: Empty: 35 PSI, ON: 37 PSI, OFF: 64 PSI
(I got empty from where the gauge suddendly falls to 0 PSI with the system off.)
I DO get air pressure with the system off and drained, which roughly agrees with the 35 PSI above.
Quick additional question- where is the check valve in this type of system?
Please help me out before my pump grenades!
Mike
Here's a few more questions I have:
Recently I began hearing a slight thump from under the house whenever the well pump cut on. Might just be pipe hammer. That in itself is not a problem except that it alerted me that my pump was cycling WAY too much.
It is a deep pump, sumberged, I have no other details. I never noticed this before, but until recently when we would loose power we still could take maybe 2 quick showers. Now, with a fully charged system I only get about 1.5 gallons! I have increased the pressure range for my on/off slightly to try and get more into the tank, which helped, but not much. It was cutting on about twice for every toilet flush, now maybe once. Using a hose normally it cuts on maybe every <30 secs; certainly not longer.
Tank: State Industries SPMD20, 20 gal, should be about 5-6 gals drawdown
Pres: Empty: 35 PSI, ON: 37 PSI, OFF: 64 PSI
(I got empty from where the gauge suddendly falls to 0 PSI with the system off.)
I DO get air pressure with the system off and drained, which roughly agrees with the 35 PSI above.
Quick additional question- where is the check valve in this type of system?
Please help me out before my pump grenades!
Mike