Rtoms
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"deep" well with dual pipe goulds j5 in the garage.
I started in the well by replacing the foot valve and ejector, inspected the pipe and pitless all appears to be good. Moved inside and replaced the tank and a new goulds j5... my first mistake was using a check valve between the pump and the tank T (pump would loose prime and my gauge would drop to zero and cycle the pressure switch). I then moved the pressure switch to the tank t and that temporarily solved my problem of the pressure loss with the check valve fooling the pressure switch, (the pressure loss isnt on the house side) the pump will cycle for maybe 4 minutes to but I had to adjust the pressure switch to stop at like 48psi because the pump really struggles to build pressure over 40psi..
So my questions...
I have a 1" copper exit feed from my pump to my tank T (it previously was a 3/4" pipe on the old setup) could the extra size be causing some pressure loss thats drawing back into the well and feeding air into the system?
Or could this be a suction leak at the various 90 degree elbows..
is this a leak under my slab before the well ?
Is a leak on the pipe from the pump to well usually a faster draw than 10 minutes?
Like I said this is a slowish pressure drop between 10-20 minutes the pressure drops then the pump will turn on for a few minutes..
Any help I would love some ideas, Im tempted to add the check valve to the suction side off the pump but really dont want to mask a problem thats fixable
I started in the well by replacing the foot valve and ejector, inspected the pipe and pitless all appears to be good. Moved inside and replaced the tank and a new goulds j5... my first mistake was using a check valve between the pump and the tank T (pump would loose prime and my gauge would drop to zero and cycle the pressure switch). I then moved the pressure switch to the tank t and that temporarily solved my problem of the pressure loss with the check valve fooling the pressure switch, (the pressure loss isnt on the house side) the pump will cycle for maybe 4 minutes to but I had to adjust the pressure switch to stop at like 48psi because the pump really struggles to build pressure over 40psi..
So my questions...
I have a 1" copper exit feed from my pump to my tank T (it previously was a 3/4" pipe on the old setup) could the extra size be causing some pressure loss thats drawing back into the well and feeding air into the system?
Or could this be a suction leak at the various 90 degree elbows..
is this a leak under my slab before the well ?
Is a leak on the pipe from the pump to well usually a faster draw than 10 minutes?
Like I said this is a slowish pressure drop between 10-20 minutes the pressure drops then the pump will turn on for a few minutes..
Any help I would love some ideas, Im tempted to add the check valve to the suction side off the pump but really dont want to mask a problem thats fixable