joshpjost
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Purchased a house last year in October. House has a well for irrigation. Not knowing anything about the well or last time it was used, I assumed all components (pump, pressure switch and tank tee, and pressure tank) were shot and needed to be replaced to be operational. I've removed the tank and associated plumbing adjacent to the 6" casing located in an 8 foot deep concrete pit. I decided to pull the pump, not knowing how deep it actually went.
Pulling pump was relatively easy. Ended up being about 150 feet deep, a Myers 1/2hp, 230V 4" submersible pump (looks about 20 years old) with 1" poly tubing. Over the next couple of weeks I put new electrical in the pit and reconnected the pump to see if it was operational. Ended up running, so I decided to throw it back down the casing, and viola, I got a decent about of water. I purchased a new pressure tank (Amtrol of course because I live right near their manufacturing site) and tank tee. Installed all components and let her rip.
Here's my problem: Pump runs constantly. Pressure in the tank tee never rises above 25psi. Pressure tank precharge is set at 38psi with a 40/60 pressure switch. I don't believe water is filling up pressure tank, which makes sense if well pump cannot overcome the precharge in storage tank. Please confirm that the general consensus is that my pump's performance is weak and the remedy to the solution is to purchase a new pump. I understand that there could be a leak that is allowing water to discharge into the casing, but I think this is highly unlikely. Let me know what you think.
Pulling pump was relatively easy. Ended up being about 150 feet deep, a Myers 1/2hp, 230V 4" submersible pump (looks about 20 years old) with 1" poly tubing. Over the next couple of weeks I put new electrical in the pit and reconnected the pump to see if it was operational. Ended up running, so I decided to throw it back down the casing, and viola, I got a decent about of water. I purchased a new pressure tank (Amtrol of course because I live right near their manufacturing site) and tank tee. Installed all components and let her rip.
Here's my problem: Pump runs constantly. Pressure in the tank tee never rises above 25psi. Pressure tank precharge is set at 38psi with a 40/60 pressure switch. I don't believe water is filling up pressure tank, which makes sense if well pump cannot overcome the precharge in storage tank. Please confirm that the general consensus is that my pump's performance is weak and the remedy to the solution is to purchase a new pump. I understand that there could be a leak that is allowing water to discharge into the casing, but I think this is highly unlikely. Let me know what you think.