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Just my luck...
I recently finished replacing a lot of my well water components that were old and tired. I installed a new 3 pod 20" filter setup, including a KDF 85 iron remover and a spin down filter. I replaced my pressure tank as the old one was horribly saturated with sediment and I installed a CSV, which is fantastic! In addition to all that I replaced the pressure switch with a 40/60 PSI switch including a low pressure cut off, also added some new gauges and pressure release value. I am proud of getting in there and doing all this, the payoff was great, water is super clean, pressure is great, wifes happy and the CSV works great, I love it.
I had all this completed for and working great for about 10 days now. I was finally sitting back and enjoying the fruits of my labor and... boom turn the water on today and, uh oh pressure is dropping, waters flow is decreasing.. Did the power go out? No.. Check the pressure switch, all is good, check the power to the switch all is good. Switch is clicking and arcing and has power but no water is flowing. Checked all the connections with a volt meter, even checked the well head electrical connections and we have 240V at all locations.
If I leave the pump alone for about 20 minutes and start the pressure switch (because of low pressure cutoff) it will kick on once, it will fill up the tank and pressurize to 60 PSI, then the pump will turn off when the pressure drops with flowing water, the switch will engage the contacts but no pump activity. It's like you get one shot to turn the pump on and that's all you get, after that you have to wait about 20-30 mins and maybe it will come on again. Luckily for me the CSV will allow us to keep the water running from the single pump cycle, for showers and things like that. The pump/motor doesn't have any degraded performance while it's running, it just refuses to cycle on without a long 20+ minute rest.
The well pump by itself was replace about 2 years ago it's an AY McDonald, I don't think the motor was replaced at that time, for all I know it's old. Am I dealing with a bad motor here? Do I need to pull the whole the pump and motor assembly up and check it?
I recently finished replacing a lot of my well water components that were old and tired. I installed a new 3 pod 20" filter setup, including a KDF 85 iron remover and a spin down filter. I replaced my pressure tank as the old one was horribly saturated with sediment and I installed a CSV, which is fantastic! In addition to all that I replaced the pressure switch with a 40/60 PSI switch including a low pressure cut off, also added some new gauges and pressure release value. I am proud of getting in there and doing all this, the payoff was great, water is super clean, pressure is great, wifes happy and the CSV works great, I love it.
I had all this completed for and working great for about 10 days now. I was finally sitting back and enjoying the fruits of my labor and... boom turn the water on today and, uh oh pressure is dropping, waters flow is decreasing.. Did the power go out? No.. Check the pressure switch, all is good, check the power to the switch all is good. Switch is clicking and arcing and has power but no water is flowing. Checked all the connections with a volt meter, even checked the well head electrical connections and we have 240V at all locations.
If I leave the pump alone for about 20 minutes and start the pressure switch (because of low pressure cutoff) it will kick on once, it will fill up the tank and pressurize to 60 PSI, then the pump will turn off when the pressure drops with flowing water, the switch will engage the contacts but no pump activity. It's like you get one shot to turn the pump on and that's all you get, after that you have to wait about 20-30 mins and maybe it will come on again. Luckily for me the CSV will allow us to keep the water running from the single pump cycle, for showers and things like that. The pump/motor doesn't have any degraded performance while it's running, it just refuses to cycle on without a long 20+ minute rest.
The well pump by itself was replace about 2 years ago it's an AY McDonald, I don't think the motor was replaced at that time, for all I know it's old. Am I dealing with a bad motor here? Do I need to pull the whole the pump and motor assembly up and check it?