Stonecutter
Natural Stone
First post for me, but I've been reading here for a while.
I have a low yield well, about 2gpm, that is close to 600 ft deep.
I have a Wellxtrol WX205 Bladder tank.
I live on a heavily wooded country road, and power outages are a pretty common thing. I also garden a lot, so I water pretty much.
I've read a lot about how bad short cycling is on a pump. I actually had the well company replace my pump this year, and the house & water system was only a little over 3 years old at the time. They installed a new Gould Pump, which I believe is 3/4 HP and 4 GPM.
I am adding 2 larger bladder tanks to the system to hopefully increase the cycle time when watering, and allow for multiple toilet flushings during power outages.
My existing tank has a check valve in the line before the tank & switch. Prior to reading some posts here, I thought check valves were a good thing, and I had planned on installing one downstream from each new tank.
Am I correct in understanding the consensus here is don't use any check valves?
Thanks,
David
I have a low yield well, about 2gpm, that is close to 600 ft deep.
I have a Wellxtrol WX205 Bladder tank.
I live on a heavily wooded country road, and power outages are a pretty common thing. I also garden a lot, so I water pretty much.
I've read a lot about how bad short cycling is on a pump. I actually had the well company replace my pump this year, and the house & water system was only a little over 3 years old at the time. They installed a new Gould Pump, which I believe is 3/4 HP and 4 GPM.
I am adding 2 larger bladder tanks to the system to hopefully increase the cycle time when watering, and allow for multiple toilet flushings during power outages.
My existing tank has a check valve in the line before the tank & switch. Prior to reading some posts here, I thought check valves were a good thing, and I had planned on installing one downstream from each new tank.
Am I correct in understanding the consensus here is don't use any check valves?
Thanks,
David