Akrobinson18
New Member
Hello! I had some help in the comments of a separate thread, but I want to expand here in case I'm missing something.
We have a shallow well, very full abundant water table. The jet pump that the house came with died a few days ago (a grinding sound happened at the end of its cycle. I didn't realize the motor died until water wasn't working a couple hours later). The old one was as follows:
Goulds
Model C48AA33A06 SER 23518CH
HP 3/4 VOLTS 115/230 (we run at 113V)
We had no water or pump issues with this one until it died. I thought it cycled pretty often, but it was 15+ (maybe more) years old, and I think our tank is only 36 gal. We have a farm so we use water for animals and ourselves (lots of hose use).
On a captive air tank (Sears model 390.291501). The new pump is a Red Lion Shallow Well jet pump of the same specs. Installation wasn't tricky; we have our pressure switch at 20/40. To get it to reach 40psi, we have to hold the air bleeder button on the filter assembly (which occasionally has air bubbles moving through it). There absolutely is air in the water. We get get to 40 psi while holding the bleeder button (a lot air sputters out). Once it cuts to 20, there's no getting it back to 40 without doing it manually. If we aren't bleeding it, the guage just jumps around between 20 and 25.
From what I've gathered, we have a suction pipe leak. What are steps I can take to find and repair without having to dig? Getting 12"+ snow today and the ground is frozen. Seeing as we didn't have air in our water before, is it plausible the seal on the pipe to the pump is just not great? We can occasionally hear hissing from it, but not 24/7. Our faucets don't sputter 24/7 either.
Are there any indications of a problem with the tank in this scenario?
We have a shallow well, very full abundant water table. The jet pump that the house came with died a few days ago (a grinding sound happened at the end of its cycle. I didn't realize the motor died until water wasn't working a couple hours later). The old one was as follows:
Goulds
Model C48AA33A06 SER 23518CH
HP 3/4 VOLTS 115/230 (we run at 113V)
We had no water or pump issues with this one until it died. I thought it cycled pretty often, but it was 15+ (maybe more) years old, and I think our tank is only 36 gal. We have a farm so we use water for animals and ourselves (lots of hose use).
On a captive air tank (Sears model 390.291501). The new pump is a Red Lion Shallow Well jet pump of the same specs. Installation wasn't tricky; we have our pressure switch at 20/40. To get it to reach 40psi, we have to hold the air bleeder button on the filter assembly (which occasionally has air bubbles moving through it). There absolutely is air in the water. We get get to 40 psi while holding the bleeder button (a lot air sputters out). Once it cuts to 20, there's no getting it back to 40 without doing it manually. If we aren't bleeding it, the guage just jumps around between 20 and 25.
From what I've gathered, we have a suction pipe leak. What are steps I can take to find and repair without having to dig? Getting 12"+ snow today and the ground is frozen. Seeing as we didn't have air in our water before, is it plausible the seal on the pipe to the pump is just not great? We can occasionally hear hissing from it, but not 24/7. Our faucets don't sputter 24/7 either.
Are there any indications of a problem with the tank in this scenario?