About a month or two ago, I had my pressure pump replaced (after 20 years). My service person said at that time it looked like my pressure tank was bad, but everything worked until last week. The pressure switch gave out and I replaced it and it worked like a champ. So far so good.
In the interest of not leaving well enough alone, today I replaced the pressure tank. Simple I thought. Cut one 1" pvc line and put it back together and go. That part was easy.
I had cut off the water coming into the pressure pump and the water going to the house before starting. After I got things back together, I opened both valves and the tap at the pressure tank. I restored power to the pressure switch and nothing happened. I tried to manually activate the pressure switch and cycled about every second and blew some air which I was expecting. But once it stopped blowing air, it kept cycling every second or so.
I could manually hold the contacts closed and it would blow lots of water out of the tap, but it would shut off as soon as I let up on the contacts and would not kick back in until the pressure in the line was gone and then it'd cycle every second until I turned the breaker off again.
The instruction booklet for the new tank said that it might take 30 - 60 seconds for the pressure pump to prime, so I tried holding the contacts closed for 30 seconds -- same result. I tried again later and held the contacts closed for closer to a full minute. Same result.
A friend said it was air in the system, but I'm at a loss as to what to try next.
In the interest of not leaving well enough alone, today I replaced the pressure tank. Simple I thought. Cut one 1" pvc line and put it back together and go. That part was easy.
I had cut off the water coming into the pressure pump and the water going to the house before starting. After I got things back together, I opened both valves and the tap at the pressure tank. I restored power to the pressure switch and nothing happened. I tried to manually activate the pressure switch and cycled about every second and blew some air which I was expecting. But once it stopped blowing air, it kept cycling every second or so.
I could manually hold the contacts closed and it would blow lots of water out of the tap, but it would shut off as soon as I let up on the contacts and would not kick back in until the pressure in the line was gone and then it'd cycle every second until I turned the breaker off again.
The instruction booklet for the new tank said that it might take 30 - 60 seconds for the pressure pump to prime, so I tried holding the contacts closed for 30 seconds -- same result. I tried again later and held the contacts closed for closer to a full minute. Same result.
A friend said it was air in the system, but I'm at a loss as to what to try next.
