pressure tank

First my setup (see pics): I have a spring fed cistern (600+ gallons). Call this at 600' above sea level. This cistern runs down to a bank barn. Call this at 500' above sea level. From the barn it feeds into the house. Call this 510' above sea level. I have a yard hydrant at the barn which...

My water system recently developed a pinhole leak in the pipe from the pressure tank tee to the pressure tank. The tank is an Amtrol WX-203 and is over 20 years old, so I've decided to replace it with an identical one, along with the associated fittings. I've attached a picture. The gray...

I have a 3 unit house running with a pressure tank and a deep 2 wire well. I have a garage with an apartment over it that i need to get water to. Right now i have a pressure tank in the new apartment with a 1" line running to the well with a 3 wire cable. I want to be able to run both the...

Hi all! We recently bought a new, two-story house and were not happy with the water 'pressure', or flow rate(I've been reading and educating myself ;)), especially in the second floor master bath. We just upgraded from a 20-something gal tank with a 30/50 switch to an 86 gal tank with a 40/60...

Pretty serious problem, don't know what to do next. New pressure tank, new pressure switch, new control box, new inside plumbing. No water. Pulled the pump, had it checked. It's good and pumps strong. Isolated all wiring [well wire, control box wiring to the well outside of the house and to...

I have a well with submersible pump (1/2 HP, about 60 feet of lift). The pipe from the well enters my garage, where my well tank is. The pipe at the pump is 1 1/4", and it is 1" PE pipe from the pitless adapter to the tank. A few years ago I moved the tank to another corner of the garage...

I recently installed a new pressure tank and replaced the brass tee and associated components on my well. I've noticed that there seems to be a leak at the coupling between the threads of the brass tee and the threads on the pressure tank. The threads on the pressure tank are made of plastic. My...

I recently installed a new pressure tank and replaced the brass tee and associated components on my well. I've noticed that there seems to be a leak at the coupling between the threads of the brass tee and the threads on the pressure tank. The threads on the pressure tank are made of plastic. My...

I'm trying to increase pressure to my outside hoses for lawn watering and noticed that the sillcocks are all after my whole house water filter and they are all 1/2". Because of this, when I run some impact sprinklers to water the lawn, the whole house filter gets dirty and clogged very quickly...

I have a 30/50 switch and a 20 gallon pressure tank. During the last two weeks or so, I noticed slight but frequent drops in water pressure that go away after a couple seconds. Running water and I see the pressure drop from 50 to 40 relatively slowly and then drop off sharply to 30 and the pump...

I have a jet pump connected to a small pressure tank that is used to irrigate the garden from rainwater cisterns. The system is set for 30/50 psi cut on/off. If I run the irrigation fully open, the demand seems to be about 300 gal/hour, so 5 gal/min. This causes the pump to run continuously as...

My wife and I purchased a home in rural KS in 2018 we noticed very quickly that if we were running the washer or dishwasher that there was almost no water pressure to any faucets or showers. Fast forward to now Jan. of 2020 we are remodeling the entire house and wanted to see what we could do to...

Great info here. Glad I stumbled on it. Thanks to all!! I’ve got a 2400 gal. water storage tank as my water source. My issue pertains to pumping water from this storage tank up to the pump/pressure tank combo unit at the house 50-ft away. The intake line runs 3” underground, level for 50ft...

Hello there, We're having a bit of trouble with our well and water pressure, and I'm hoping you all might be willing to help us troubleshoot. This is a residential home with a well and a tank with a 40/60 pressure switch (photo attached). The home is around 20 years old, the pressure switch...

Hello, I just bought a house a couple weeks ago. We noticed a loss of pressure when running a shower and washer at the same time. We heard some pretty loud knocking coming down the copper pipe near the pressure tank. Our pressure dropped down to about 24psi and the gauge needle would flutter in...

have a well and I believe the pressure tank is down in the casing. How can the pressure in this type of pressure tank be checked? Do they pull it out to check it?

I could use an expert's help. My Well-X-Trol (WX-251) is fine, but the drain on the tank tee is leaking, (and the packing nut is tightened all the way in). I was going to replace just the drain on the tank tee, but all of the plumbing is corroded, and I figured as long as I was going to drain...

I have a Goulds V250 pressure tank that has a 40/60 drawdown of 4 gals. Not the 22 gals I got when it was new. Is there anything else I should check before putting in a new pressure tank? A little history... The system was installed 10/02 with a Goulds pump 1/2 HP #10GS05412 and a well-x-trol...

I have an elevated water tank (15 feet; 6.5 psi head pressure) connected to a diaphragm pump with pressure switch settings of 40-60 psi. Connected to a pre-charged pressure tank at 30 psi. I run overhead sprinklers which do fine with the pressure. Just added drip irrigation to water the pecan...

Hello all, I'm new on here but this place has been very helpful. To give as much background as possible .....this will be a little long. I have an about 400ft well pump (no clue on model, just moved) with originally a 20gal wells troll pressure tank. Running on a 40/60 psi setup. About a...