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SUCCESS! It turned out the 1st New pump was faulty! Pulled it last night replaced it today and catching up on housework tonight! THANKS!

Here's a pic of the whole system when we FIRST pulled it yesterday

If the pump is off and no water is being used in the house, that pressure holds. The pressure tank is set at 18psi for the 20/40 switch. We JUST pulled the pump up again. Pump is clean, but feels warm to the touch though everything is covered in water. I will check the voltage but the book...

Right so I don't get why we don't get enough pressure. We get like 17psi MAX. And that is after 5-10 min of screwing with the pressure switch. (Which we replaced today just in case the short cycling of the old pump made it go bad)

Sorry for the late reply...it's been exhausting. We know the pump is working because it's holding water in the downpipe which makes it next to impossible for just my husband and I to lift out now... Btw we have a well pit if that matters

The pump is 60 feet down. Hit water at 50 feet bottom is around 75 feet. It's a utilitech pump .5HP

So we have very hard water. Learned most of our plumbing skills by trial and error. Here's my issue. We installed a new .5HP submersible well pump. It will not build up pressure above like 16-17psi. Pressure tank is only 3 weeks old so that's not it. Bought a new 20/40 Pressure switch...