Recent content by River Steve

The well pumped for 28.16 seconds.

The well is approximately 50 ft. I will be timing it again just after 8pm and will post the time.

My well has always been a low yield well. I have a 3/4 hp pump down at approximately 40ft, it is controlled by a cycle senor, it feeds my cistern. We have been very dry this year and it’s forced me to haul water most of the year. I’m trying to get my system back up and running. The cycle sensor...

The cistern has approximately 1000 gallons in it now, it’s a 1500 gallon tank. I will test amps and let you know. I would have to pull the pump to check voltage at the pump, but I’ll check voltage at the pressure switch

Well today I found the pump constantly running again and not building pressure past 30 psi. when I look into the cistern I see no leaks, I see no leaks in the house. I’m wondering why it won’t build any pressure. I’m wondering if I need a new pump. Any ideas or suggestion?

I thought I had life figured out, that all my water issues had been solved by reading this forum. lol. So my low flow well feeds my cistern, I have plac3d a cycle sensor to protect the well pump. The issue has been that I’m in southeastern Ohio and we had had drought conditions all summer. My...

Well the pump failed. I had to replace the pump yesterday afternoon. Everything is working fine now.

I have the pump pulled right now and I’m checking that out. There is a possibility that the pump was bumping the bottom of the cistern. I am going to raise it up a few inches. The pressure switch is set at 50/70. The air charge is exactly 48PSI. The contacts do not open if I keep hand pressure...

The hammering on the pipe is so hard at times it can cause the contacts to break apart. If I put my hand on the pipe and steady it, the contacts won’t break apart. I checked the pressure in the pressure tank, it’s spot on. The pulse is like once every one or two seconds, it’s very strong.

It’s pulsing faster when the pump kicks in and it slows as the pressure is almost to the kick off point. I don’t believe it’s the pressure switch, I have used two switches now and it does the same with both switches. I have switched out both the pressure switch and pressure tank, I was lucky...

Three months ago we ran our well to the cistern and started using the cistern to supply our house. The cistern was cleaned, the submersible pump was pulled at that time to have it out of the way. It was put back in place with a new inline back flow preventer as the one built into the top of the...

So with the Cycle Sensor I have been able to fill my cistern to the level I have set using the float switch. I have found that my well is only producing approximately .16 gpm. I thought I was closer to .5 gpm. My current settings on the cycle sensor have the pump shut off at 3.5 amps. It will...

We do not have any issues with the water. The well is a 50 deep with the pump about 42 feet. The pump is a 1/2 hp 10 GPM. The well casing is 6”. We could pump for for about 150 seconds before going dry. I’m trying to figure out the cycle sensor to make a longer run time. Other then that...

Valveman, I installed the cycle sensor and everything is functioning except I’m only flowing water for about 38 seconds. The pump is only pulling about 4.50 amps when it starts and at 37 seconds the amps dropped to about 2. I know we have let the well run before and it would flow for about 2.5...

It is just straight piped into the cistern. The pump is a 3/4 hp pump in a 50ft drilled well. I’m going to guess it’s not dropping in amps because there is little resistance on the pump to begin with. Should I restrict the line into the cistern? I have ordered a cycle sensor already, but I would...