CManhugh
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As the title says I've replaced everything in my system. Well pump, pipe from pump up, pressure tank, pressure switch, installed check valves and I can not get up past 35psi please help I'm at my wit's end. Full back story below.
I have a submersible pump, well total depth 50’, water starts at 15’, pump is at 30’ about 100’ from pressure tank/house entrance. My issues all started after Hurricane Irma. A tree fell perfectly between the well pipe coming out of ground and where it goes back in ground to the house. I fixed that and got water running to the house again(I live in very rural area and have a house generator). As far as I could tell there were no issues, running at 65psi and cycling.
About a month after my wife calls me and tells me the yard is flooded. I come home and sure enough its like a soaked pig pen all around the well. I started digging at the point of the the pipe that goes to the house. I didn’t have to go far to find the the bend going to the house was cracked and shooting out water. I fixed that and then once again everything seemed fine. Until my electric bill came in and it was x3 the normal amount. My well pump had been running 24/7. Found that my pressure tank was water logged and the pressure switch was possibly broken. So I replaced both of those and could not get back up to pressure(100% running 220v my father is a retired electrician). I then installed a check valve before the pressure tank at my house and another at the pipe coming out of the well the pump as well. Switch I got is 20/40 and the pressure tank is a 10 gal and reads 38psi. No matter what I did I could not get pressure above 40 and it seemed as if pressure tank was not filling either. The pump would continuously run unless I set it to cut off right at 39/40. Pressure would drop immediately if water was turned on so I set it perfectly so it would run only when water was on in the house.
After letting this go on for about a year the pressure wouldn’t reach past 35 psi. So I figure pump. Last week I installed new pump(Franklin electric submersible pump J series 1hp) and replaced all pipe running down to it just in case it was leaking, there were no visible issues with old pipe as far as I could tell. Issue I now have is pressure is still stuck right around 35psi mark (even with house valve turned off) and I can not get it to go past even if I let pump run for whatever amount of time.
What am I missing here? I want to get back up to 65psi. Please tell me it’s something simple. I’d rather not trench the 100’ to my house. I thought it would be a leak again but there’s no flooding or soft spots in my yard.
I have a submersible pump, well total depth 50’, water starts at 15’, pump is at 30’ about 100’ from pressure tank/house entrance. My issues all started after Hurricane Irma. A tree fell perfectly between the well pipe coming out of ground and where it goes back in ground to the house. I fixed that and got water running to the house again(I live in very rural area and have a house generator). As far as I could tell there were no issues, running at 65psi and cycling.
About a month after my wife calls me and tells me the yard is flooded. I come home and sure enough its like a soaked pig pen all around the well. I started digging at the point of the the pipe that goes to the house. I didn’t have to go far to find the the bend going to the house was cracked and shooting out water. I fixed that and then once again everything seemed fine. Until my electric bill came in and it was x3 the normal amount. My well pump had been running 24/7. Found that my pressure tank was water logged and the pressure switch was possibly broken. So I replaced both of those and could not get back up to pressure(100% running 220v my father is a retired electrician). I then installed a check valve before the pressure tank at my house and another at the pipe coming out of the well the pump as well. Switch I got is 20/40 and the pressure tank is a 10 gal and reads 38psi. No matter what I did I could not get pressure above 40 and it seemed as if pressure tank was not filling either. The pump would continuously run unless I set it to cut off right at 39/40. Pressure would drop immediately if water was turned on so I set it perfectly so it would run only when water was on in the house.
After letting this go on for about a year the pressure wouldn’t reach past 35 psi. So I figure pump. Last week I installed new pump(Franklin electric submersible pump J series 1hp) and replaced all pipe running down to it just in case it was leaking, there were no visible issues with old pipe as far as I could tell. Issue I now have is pressure is still stuck right around 35psi mark (even with house valve turned off) and I can not get it to go past even if I let pump run for whatever amount of time.
What am I missing here? I want to get back up to 65psi. Please tell me it’s something simple. I’d rather not trench the 100’ to my house. I thought it would be a leak again but there’s no flooding or soft spots in my yard.