Chrisdeli
New Member
Hi Everyone,
Any advice you may be able to give me would be greatly appreciated! I just had the water tank and check valve replaced on my 400 foot well. The water pressure gauge had been short cycling very rapidly between 40 and 60 psi meaning the pump was cutting off and on very quickly which is why I had the check valve and water tank replaced. I am sure it was short cycling for at least a few hours until I noticed it because there was no hot water due to the sediment filter in my tankless water heater being full not allowing water to flow to it. Anyway the service people came out and replaced the 20 gallon water tank and also put a new above ground check valve to replace the failed foot valve that was not replaced. After this was done I replaced the spin down filter with a new 250 mesh. The problem now is that my spin down filter is quickly becoming clogged with sediment and I have to flush it every few hours. I know the pump short cycling probably stirred up some dirt down the well water. Do you think that once the 400 foot water line from the well to the house is cleared of sediment by me flushing the spin down filter twice a day everything should be OK and if so how long will it take for the water line to flush out--- or is there something worse going on here? I don't know what size mesh the old filter was but maybe now that I replaced with a 250 mesh it is just catching more sediment than before?
Thank you in advance.
Chris
Any advice you may be able to give me would be greatly appreciated! I just had the water tank and check valve replaced on my 400 foot well. The water pressure gauge had been short cycling very rapidly between 40 and 60 psi meaning the pump was cutting off and on very quickly which is why I had the check valve and water tank replaced. I am sure it was short cycling for at least a few hours until I noticed it because there was no hot water due to the sediment filter in my tankless water heater being full not allowing water to flow to it. Anyway the service people came out and replaced the 20 gallon water tank and also put a new above ground check valve to replace the failed foot valve that was not replaced. After this was done I replaced the spin down filter with a new 250 mesh. The problem now is that my spin down filter is quickly becoming clogged with sediment and I have to flush it every few hours. I know the pump short cycling probably stirred up some dirt down the well water. Do you think that once the 400 foot water line from the well to the house is cleared of sediment by me flushing the spin down filter twice a day everything should be OK and if so how long will it take for the water line to flush out--- or is there something worse going on here? I don't know what size mesh the old filter was but maybe now that I replaced with a 250 mesh it is just catching more sediment than before?
Thank you in advance.
Chris