No water from well, novice

[ryn]

30 ft well, submerged, tank in basement with separate two fuse box. Your site showed me where pressure switch is (have not manipulated it yet).Novice, widow, has taken 3 days to get this far. Dug up patio to find well. Today found and opened basement fuse box above electron tank w pressure gauge. One fuse had blown.
Original fuse marked Gem 30A 1.125 vi. Bought buss 30 amp TL time delay Edison base fuses. Turned fuse box to off, installed fuses. Closed door. Moved arm to On. Pop and white spark. Repeated procedure for same results. Is error not manipulating pressure switch first AND OR question of time delay fuse. If so, how is a short acting fuse marked? Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Reach4]

I wish I could tell you that your fuses are blowing because you use the wrong fuse. But that's not it.

It would be very unusual for a home pump to be fused at 30 amps. And a 15 or 20 amp fuse will blow at least as quickly as a 30. A fast-blow fuse will blow at least as quickly as a slow blow.

You either have a problem with your wiring from the fuse box to the pump, or you have a bad pump.

Edison base fuse boxes are very old.

I think you are probably going to need to get on site help on this one. A well pump specialist can troubleshoot the wiring and the pump and can make repairs. However replacing the pump will not be cheap.

 

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[ryn]

I wish I could tell you that your fuses are blowing because you use the wrong fuse. But that's not it.

It would be very unusual for a home pump to be fused at 30 amps. And a 15 or 20 amp fuse will blow at least as quickly as a 30. A fast-blow fuse will blow at least as quickly as a slow blow.

You either have a problem with your wiring from the fuse box to the pump, or you have a bad pump.

Edison base fuse boxes are very old.

I think you are probably going to need to get on site help on this one. A well pump specialist can troubleshoot the wiring and the pump and can make repairs. However replacing the pump will not be cheap.

 

[ryn]

When fuse box arm is in on position there is a hum. When in off position silent. Does that alter your response?

 

[Reach4]

When fuse box arm is in on position there is a hum. When in off position silent. Does that alter your response?

Kinda makes me lean more toward the pump being the problem than the wiring.

 

[Craigpump]

sounds like a locked up pump/motor, need an amprobe to know for sure