About four night's ago the tank on one of our toilets failed to seal after a flush, and the water stayed running all night.
In the morning, nothing came out of our faucets.
I turned the breaker off for the well pump for a couple hours and then reset the breaker and we had water again shortly after that.
The problem is, ever since, water pressure has remained pretty low, and gets even lower after much use at all. According to the Pumptec, the pump is continuing to run non-stop and intermittently "trips", which I believe means there is no water in the well to pump.
Our system:
WellMate WM-6 Tank
Pumptec Model 5800020116
The gauge on the WellMate is reading 37 PSI.
A bit of History:
The well was new in 2003. It's very deep, I was told 600 ft. It wasn't flowing very well at the time,so it was hydro-fractured. Even after that it hasn't been great. Over the years, the PUMPTEC does periodically trip, but it's been manageable, as long as we don't all take excessively long showers after multiple loads of laundry and watering the lawn, etc. The quality of the water is great!
Also I should mention that we're in Vermont, so we have sub-freezing temperatures this time of year, if that might be an issue.
Any idea how I might get the tank to pump up to full pressure?
-John
In the morning, nothing came out of our faucets.
I turned the breaker off for the well pump for a couple hours and then reset the breaker and we had water again shortly after that.
The problem is, ever since, water pressure has remained pretty low, and gets even lower after much use at all. According to the Pumptec, the pump is continuing to run non-stop and intermittently "trips", which I believe means there is no water in the well to pump.
Our system:
WellMate WM-6 Tank
Pumptec Model 5800020116
The gauge on the WellMate is reading 37 PSI.
A bit of History:
The well was new in 2003. It's very deep, I was told 600 ft. It wasn't flowing very well at the time,so it was hydro-fractured. Even after that it hasn't been great. Over the years, the PUMPTEC does periodically trip, but it's been manageable, as long as we don't all take excessively long showers after multiple loads of laundry and watering the lawn, etc. The quality of the water is great!
Also I should mention that we're in Vermont, so we have sub-freezing temperatures this time of year, if that might be an issue.
Any idea how I might get the tank to pump up to full pressure?
-John