sawmkw
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I have a 285' well with a submersible pump and a captive air tank. The breaker in the panel is a 15A two pole. It has been tripping intermittently so I replaced it, in kind, with no change in behavior. This began a couple of months ago and only happens periodically. We can go a week or more with no trips and then have 2 or 3 in a day. There is no rhyme or reason, often times it trips at night when there is no water being used or called for. It does seem that it happens more often when it has been raining but that may be coincidence. The well was drilled in 2000.
I have built two houses and gut-rehabed one. I'm not a stranger to plumbing but have zero experience with wells and pumps. Right after we moved in I called the people who installed the well (from the phone number on the bladder tank sticker) and Daryl and his brother Daryl showed up tracking mud through the house and saying that they didn't remember what type of pump they installed. Needless to say I don't wish to call them on this.
Is there something that I can check on or do before calling someone else? I have no problem getting out my checkbook but am not sure who to call or what to ask about. I don't want to pay for a new pump if I don't need one.
TIA for your help.
Scott
I have built two houses and gut-rehabed one. I'm not a stranger to plumbing but have zero experience with wells and pumps. Right after we moved in I called the people who installed the well (from the phone number on the bladder tank sticker) and Daryl and his brother Daryl showed up tracking mud through the house and saying that they didn't remember what type of pump they installed. Needless to say I don't wish to call them on this.
Is there something that I can check on or do before calling someone else? I have no problem getting out my checkbook but am not sure who to call or what to ask about. I don't want to pay for a new pump if I don't need one.
TIA for your help.
Scott