RinFt Worth
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I stumbled across this board as I was researching the replacement of a well pressure tank at my home.
Current tank setup is an 81 gal and about 12 years old. I live in Ft Worth TX and have been told our wells are about 400 ft deep around here (Im not the original owner so I am not certain). The tank and 40/60 pressure switch are in the garage. The well is in the back yard about 50 ft or so behind the house. There is a "Big Blue" type sediment filter in the garage just prior to the pressure tank. I have been using a pentek spun rope type filter element in this.
I am interested in the cycle stop valve and have a couple of questions-
1. I see a couple of different designs available on Amazon. Is the valve in the link what I should be looking for?
https://www.amazon.com/CYCLE-VALVE-...d=1466544363&sr=8-4&keywords=cycle+stop+valve
or is this a better option?
https://www.amazon.com/PSIDE-KICK-C...d=1466544363&sr=8-2&keywords=cycle+stop+valve
What do you usually install at a single family home with 4 people and an irrigation system?
2. If I were to install something such as this - what size tank do I go with?
3. My well pump pressure relief is a 75psi valve and is at the top of the well connections - I learned about this valve not long after moving in when it kept opening and spewing water out. After some troubleshooting I figured out that the big blue filter element was clogged enough that very little water was able to get past it - thus opening the pressure relief valve. As part of my troubleshooting I installed a pressure gauge at the well and when the pump was on there was about 90 psi coming out of the well. It seems to me that a CSV would cause my pressure relief valve to open every time the pump was running. Is this accurate? Do you install a higher psi pressure relief valve with CSV?
Thank you for any help/advice you can give me.
Rick
Current tank setup is an 81 gal and about 12 years old. I live in Ft Worth TX and have been told our wells are about 400 ft deep around here (Im not the original owner so I am not certain). The tank and 40/60 pressure switch are in the garage. The well is in the back yard about 50 ft or so behind the house. There is a "Big Blue" type sediment filter in the garage just prior to the pressure tank. I have been using a pentek spun rope type filter element in this.
I am interested in the cycle stop valve and have a couple of questions-
1. I see a couple of different designs available on Amazon. Is the valve in the link what I should be looking for?
https://www.amazon.com/CYCLE-VALVE-...d=1466544363&sr=8-4&keywords=cycle+stop+valve
or is this a better option?
https://www.amazon.com/PSIDE-KICK-C...d=1466544363&sr=8-2&keywords=cycle+stop+valve
What do you usually install at a single family home with 4 people and an irrigation system?
2. If I were to install something such as this - what size tank do I go with?
3. My well pump pressure relief is a 75psi valve and is at the top of the well connections - I learned about this valve not long after moving in when it kept opening and spewing water out. After some troubleshooting I figured out that the big blue filter element was clogged enough that very little water was able to get past it - thus opening the pressure relief valve. As part of my troubleshooting I installed a pressure gauge at the well and when the pump was on there was about 90 psi coming out of the well. It seems to me that a CSV would cause my pressure relief valve to open every time the pump was running. Is this accurate? Do you install a higher psi pressure relief valve with CSV?
Thank you for any help/advice you can give me.
Rick