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louie 44

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Hey everyone, have a 30 50 pressure switch, when the pump kicks on it produces pressure on cold side,
just blows out like a air gun, it actually blew out toilet valve in tank.
I have drained the pressure tank and its at 28 which is where it should be, anybody out there have any idea
what may be and how to fix :confused:
 

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Is it blowing out air? If so, I suspect you have a checkvalve at the tank and water falling back to the well creating a vacuum sucking air in. Was there a galvanized tank before with an airmaker/snifter?
 

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Hey everyone, have a 30 50 pressure switch, when the pump kicks on it produces pressure on cold side,
just blows out like a air gun, it actually blew out toilet valve in tank.
I have drained the pressure tank and its at 28 which is where it should be, anybody out there have any idea
what may be and how to fix :confused:
I have never seen a pressure tank with a hot side.
John:confused:
 

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This seems to be a day in which many people are learning about the problems a second check valve in a pump system can cause.

You probably have a bad check valve on the pump or a hole in the drop pipe. But it would not be getting air if you didn’t have an extra check valve, most likely above ground.

Remove the above ground check valve. It is masking the real problem. Then if the pressure drops with the pump off and no one using water, the check on the pump or the hole in the drop pipe will need to be fixed.
 
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