Sakislayer
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I wake up today to my wife telling me we have no water pressure as she stands in front of me all wet from the shower she didn't quite finish.... House was built in 2016 and I have a well (not sure how deep but I want to say 200-250') that has a submersible pump. I go down stairs and check the guage at the pressure tank and it shows 60 psi.... I have her turn on water to several faucets and watch the pressure drop thinking the pressure trip will trip and the pump will come on -- it doesn't. Pressure drops down to about 20 PSI then goes all the way to ZERO. 15-20 minutes later pressure is back.... I repeat the steps and the same thing happens. I'm thinking the pressure switch is bad so off to Home Depot I go to get a new one....
I get back go down stairs and I see the switch is now cycling.... goes up to 60psi... well cuts off..... then goes down to 40 PSI and well cuts back in... Problem is - NO water is running in the house! I turn the shutoff valve going to the house to isolate everything and the problem remains.... Pump gets on.... goes to 60 PSI.... cuts out.... . starts dropping pressure immediately and then kicks back on at 40 psi.....
Break in the line? Bad check valve on the pump? and most importantly how much is this gonna cost me to get fixed? I'm not shy about pulling the pump and fixing myself, HOWEVER, I am concerned about needing special tools to pull the pump especially if its down 200+ feet....
Thoughts?
I get back go down stairs and I see the switch is now cycling.... goes up to 60psi... well cuts off..... then goes down to 40 PSI and well cuts back in... Problem is - NO water is running in the house! I turn the shutoff valve going to the house to isolate everything and the problem remains.... Pump gets on.... goes to 60 PSI.... cuts out.... . starts dropping pressure immediately and then kicks back on at 40 psi.....
Break in the line? Bad check valve on the pump? and most importantly how much is this gonna cost me to get fixed? I'm not shy about pulling the pump and fixing myself, HOWEVER, I am concerned about needing special tools to pull the pump especially if its down 200+ feet....
Thoughts?