mikewrock
New Member
Wow, I hope somebody can be a hero here.
I had been noticing extreme pressure changes in the house and it was time to change the filter. After putting a new one in, I turned on the power and watched the gauge stop at 55 psi and heard the switch contacts open and heard the pump shutoff. Then I witnessed my pressure gauge climb to 90 psi! (I did confirm this with another new gauge at the end of a garden hose.)
I shutoff power, drained the system and during the draining procedure, confirmed that the bladder is not ruptured. I checked the pressure in the wellmate tank and it was nearly zero and the tank was light on weight. (empty) I put in 28 psi and restored power to the pump. Once again, the contacts opened at about 55 psi (verified that the contacts were open and the pump had indeed shut off). I watched the pressure gauge climb once again to 90 psi and checked the tank pressure and it was also at 90 psi.
Has anybody else had this problem occur? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Pump is about 60' deep and submersible pump is about 2 years old.
I had been noticing extreme pressure changes in the house and it was time to change the filter. After putting a new one in, I turned on the power and watched the gauge stop at 55 psi and heard the switch contacts open and heard the pump shutoff. Then I witnessed my pressure gauge climb to 90 psi! (I did confirm this with another new gauge at the end of a garden hose.)
I shutoff power, drained the system and during the draining procedure, confirmed that the bladder is not ruptured. I checked the pressure in the wellmate tank and it was nearly zero and the tank was light on weight. (empty) I put in 28 psi and restored power to the pump. Once again, the contacts opened at about 55 psi (verified that the contacts were open and the pump had indeed shut off). I watched the pressure gauge climb once again to 90 psi and checked the tank pressure and it was also at 90 psi.
Has anybody else had this problem occur? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Pump is about 60' deep and submersible pump is about 2 years old.