MusherDave
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Old StaRite HNC-I well pump. Lost water pressure the other day and heard the pump turn on and then after about 2-3 seconds turn off which it continued to do until I went to check it in a crawl space. Of course once I got there , when it actually ran successfully...running for upwards of 30 seconds and resupplying the pressure to the house. The next day though, it returned to the mode of only running for a couple seconds and never pressurizing the system. Today, I took the pump off (not fun) and cleaned up the switch a bit and also checked the pressure in the tank. It showed 20 psi which I then increased to 28 and it held (so I assumed the bladder was ok). I then put everything back together and turned things on discovered things were still the same...(i.e. had 3 false starts followed by in working correctly for the next few. Because I didn't trust it and had to leave for a bit, I turned the pump off...when I got back the false starts were at it again.
Any help appreciated?
Any help appreciated?