Hi All,
The well-guys have just left and I have water aplenty.
However the pressure tank has a bucket load of sediment that must be hard caked inside the tank.
The old pump was rated at 19-gpm but this 10-gpm is hitting the 50-psi mark in about 1/10th the time so it is stirring up the sediment in the pressure tank.
I put a hose on the drain bib of the pressure tank and run the pump until it cuts out. I then turn the power off to the pump and open the hose bib and watch the red stuff flow until the pressure tank is empty. I wait 10 minutes, turn the pump back on and do it all again.
I have done that 11 times now and still I get sediment. I know the well is producing clear water as I can run the pump and open the hose bib and after a few seconds water runs clear as part of the incoming flow is going to the hose and part is going into the tank.
Any suggestions other than keep on trying to purge the tank?
Thanks
Harry
The well-guys have just left and I have water aplenty.
However the pressure tank has a bucket load of sediment that must be hard caked inside the tank.
The old pump was rated at 19-gpm but this 10-gpm is hitting the 50-psi mark in about 1/10th the time so it is stirring up the sediment in the pressure tank.
I put a hose on the drain bib of the pressure tank and run the pump until it cuts out. I then turn the power off to the pump and open the hose bib and watch the red stuff flow until the pressure tank is empty. I wait 10 minutes, turn the pump back on and do it all again.
I have done that 11 times now and still I get sediment. I know the well is producing clear water as I can run the pump and open the hose bib and after a few seconds water runs clear as part of the incoming flow is going to the hose and part is going into the tank.
Any suggestions other than keep on trying to purge the tank?
Thanks
Harry