PeteHog
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Hi there, I just bought this house a couple of months ago and am totally new to wells & pumps. Here is the situation, hopefully you can give me some hints on what is going on:
Tank: Well X Trol stand model WX 203. Located below house (crawlspace)
Pump: have not been able to locate it so far. Could hear it when it used to work
Well: don't know how deep. Assuming its a shallow well groundwater pumping system, that is common around here (Atlanta, Georgia)
Until this afternoon, everything worked fine. No problem in pressure whatsoever. Then, I started watering the lawn with one hose, and filling the pool with the other hose. Did that for about 30 minutes. Suddenly, from one minute to the other, there is no pressure. When I check the tank, the pressure is almost zero. I checked the fuses in the house, and the ones for the well are not blown, but they are warmer then the other fuses. I do not hear the pump running anymore. No waterpressure at all in the whole house. Again, this is the first time this has happened. We have had sometimes some black slick in the filter, which has caused us to change the filter every month or so.
Being totally new to this, I don't know if the tank is the problem, or the pump, or the pipe. Or is the well dry? We have extensive drought...
Any guidance / help is appreciated. I will call a professional tomorrow, however, I would feel more comfortable to have some other points of view, due to obvious reasons...
thanks, Peter
Tank: Well X Trol stand model WX 203. Located below house (crawlspace)
Pump: have not been able to locate it so far. Could hear it when it used to work
Well: don't know how deep. Assuming its a shallow well groundwater pumping system, that is common around here (Atlanta, Georgia)
Until this afternoon, everything worked fine. No problem in pressure whatsoever. Then, I started watering the lawn with one hose, and filling the pool with the other hose. Did that for about 30 minutes. Suddenly, from one minute to the other, there is no pressure. When I check the tank, the pressure is almost zero. I checked the fuses in the house, and the ones for the well are not blown, but they are warmer then the other fuses. I do not hear the pump running anymore. No waterpressure at all in the whole house. Again, this is the first time this has happened. We have had sometimes some black slick in the filter, which has caused us to change the filter every month or so.
Being totally new to this, I don't know if the tank is the problem, or the pump, or the pipe. Or is the well dry? We have extensive drought...
Any guidance / help is appreciated. I will call a professional tomorrow, however, I would feel more comfortable to have some other points of view, due to obvious reasons...
thanks, Peter