mtrev7
New Member
Good day,
I am bit of a novice and I am having some trouble setting up my Gould BF03S Pump to use with my house. Sorry in advance for a lengthy post but please bare with me.
As a background, I am from the Caribbean and I have a Gould BF03S Shallow Well Jet pump to use at our house due to having issues with limited water supply to our area. The pump is modified in such a way that the air control valve had been removed and replaced with a pressure tank (unsure of what volume but it seems pretty small ?10-20 gallons). The pump was bought approximately 2 years ago, from a shop that does pump repairs, with the air control valve which gave the problem and it was suggested to have it replaced with a new pressure tank this year.
In summary, it is setup according to the attached diagram but to describe the flow - water will flow from the city into the storage tank (which was previously installed about 12 ft above ground) and the pump would be placed on the ground below the tank.
After my first setup (including priming), I realized over the period of about 2-3 weeks, the pump gradually begins to turn on more quickly after a tap is opened (instead of first draining a certain volume of water held in the pressure tank and then cutting on). The cut on pressure is at 30PSI and cut off is at 50PSI. As the pump begins to rapidly click on and off increasing with time, it still follows the cut on and off pressures but it just seems like the pump doesn't hold the same volume before cutting on as when it was first primed. If left as is, it'll continue this behavior until it reaches the point where the pump turns on almost immediately upon opening a tap. The pump will cycle almost each second if the tap is opened halfway. If emptied (it would drain a fair amount of water) and primed again, the pump will return to it's original state of emptying a large volume of water before cutting on at the 30PSI but once again, over time, the pump begins to cut on more frequently again. Note, when this issue occurs, the added pressure tank (when tapped) does not seem waterlogged. Also of note, the plumbing is fairly new, done around the time was bought.
Any suggestions will be appreciated into what might be the cause of this problem. Thank you in advance.
(the water on the ground is following drainage and prime)
I am bit of a novice and I am having some trouble setting up my Gould BF03S Pump to use with my house. Sorry in advance for a lengthy post but please bare with me.
As a background, I am from the Caribbean and I have a Gould BF03S Shallow Well Jet pump to use at our house due to having issues with limited water supply to our area. The pump is modified in such a way that the air control valve had been removed and replaced with a pressure tank (unsure of what volume but it seems pretty small ?10-20 gallons). The pump was bought approximately 2 years ago, from a shop that does pump repairs, with the air control valve which gave the problem and it was suggested to have it replaced with a new pressure tank this year.
In summary, it is setup according to the attached diagram but to describe the flow - water will flow from the city into the storage tank (which was previously installed about 12 ft above ground) and the pump would be placed on the ground below the tank.
After my first setup (including priming), I realized over the period of about 2-3 weeks, the pump gradually begins to turn on more quickly after a tap is opened (instead of first draining a certain volume of water held in the pressure tank and then cutting on). The cut on pressure is at 30PSI and cut off is at 50PSI. As the pump begins to rapidly click on and off increasing with time, it still follows the cut on and off pressures but it just seems like the pump doesn't hold the same volume before cutting on as when it was first primed. If left as is, it'll continue this behavior until it reaches the point where the pump turns on almost immediately upon opening a tap. The pump will cycle almost each second if the tap is opened halfway. If emptied (it would drain a fair amount of water) and primed again, the pump will return to it's original state of emptying a large volume of water before cutting on at the 30PSI but once again, over time, the pump begins to cut on more frequently again. Note, when this issue occurs, the added pressure tank (when tapped) does not seem waterlogged. Also of note, the plumbing is fairly new, done around the time was bought.
Any suggestions will be appreciated into what might be the cause of this problem. Thank you in advance.
(the water on the ground is following drainage and prime)