Recent content by Tickridgescott

thanks bob for covering warranty on pump. Yes... i was talking about "running pressure" Holds at 54 psi, my shut off is at 57. But it takes 70 seconds to reach shut off after the tap is closed. It is very nice.

I figured it out. I had put a check valve in right before the tank inside the house. When I did this last summer (when hooking up my water system) I was given that advice from a neighbor. I removed it last night and now I can not even tell if the pump is on or off unless i put my ear right on...

We have a small house. 86 gallon pressure tank (about 23 gallon drawdown@ 35-55 psi). When pump cuts in the hum of the motor/water entering tank is loud throughout the house. Not terrible, but a minor annoyance. Can I do anything to quiet this? I THINK it is the tank but maybe the pipes...

I am wondering if submersible pumps usually have a warranty. I bought one this past fall and installed it. I was still building the house at the time and the pump did not run hardly at all till three weeks ago when moved in. A couple days ago we stopped getting water. It is in a cistern so...

I removed the submersible 2 wire 230 volt pump from the cistern at the spring tonight. I want to fill up a 50 gallon garbage can and try to run it (cycling the water back into the can). Will this ruin the pump? The pump is a 4 gallon per minute 1/2 HP 2 wire pump 230 v. Betta Flo Pump. My...

yes i have a flow inducer sleeve. No there are no valves after the pump. Basically, this pump pumps water (when called for per float switches) up to a 5000 gallon cistern up top at the house. Under normal circumstances, the pump comes on and runs for 20-25 minutes, draining out 125...

oh one more thing..... when i hear the motor come on it is loud but not pumping any water.

I have a submersible pump inside of a 300 gallon holding tank at my spring. It's been in for 2 weeks and was running fine until today. It now makes a loud sound and comes on for 20 seconds and then shuts off by itself (obviously the thermal overload protection). I am going to have to go down...

I have a relief valve (75 psi) hooked near my pressure tank. I want to know if I can plumb it directly into the waste line. Someone told me that it may introduce bacteria into the potable water system. I have a central drain located on the floor of the utility room several feet away from...

tough to do some of those. I rented a trencher last weekend to install the pipe. It is a 1350 foot run. There is a 500 foot section that is a very steep drop through the woods and going down that hill with a trencher was really scary, especially on the slick mud. A backhoe or trackhoe would...

the water line i am burying from my spring to the cisterns should be 16" deep in my area. In some places I am only able to trench down 6 inches because of VERY HARD ground/rock. I need to make sure this does not freeze. Anybody know of a way to do this. It's probably 200 feet of line where...

Thanks. That makes sense. I wasn't even considering that the drawdown capacity would get less as pressures rise. When I receive and install this csv160 I will report back on here my experiences with it.

Almost every person i know that has a well system uses 20/40 or 30/50 pressure settings. I just ordered a 60 psi csv. That means I am going to be setting my differential to something like 45 to 50 / 65 or so off. Geez, why would not EVERYONE use higher pressure. I can't figure that out...

I have order the csv160 from speedbump. The evidence for saving the equipment, the water system, etc from a small investment of a csv is overwhelming. Thanks for all the input from everyone.

Bob, I just wanted to say thanks very much for your efforts to straighten out the mis-order from the manufacturer. FYI to others on this forum: I joined this forum several months ago to do research before installing my water system at the property where I am building our house. I recently...