Montey Thomas
New Member
I rebuilt an old well. I bought a new pump (230 volt 3 1/2 inch submersible 25gpm) new pressure tank and new pressure switch. it is 100 feet down. I put it all together and turned on the electricity and watched the pressure gauge. It was working and I was happy. I watched the pressure go up to 60psi and I watched and heard the pressure switch turn off like it was supposed to. Again I was happy. As I was looking at the pressure guage I heard a vibration in the pipe from the well. I watched the pressure drop really fast to about 40psi and then it wouldn't go back up. I heard a low vibration sound coming from the pipe in the well. after about four minutes and nothing changed the pressure didn't go up or down and the sound didn't go away I turned off the power and pulled out the pump.
I couldn't find a crack or fissure in the the black roll pipe. no cracks in any of the fittings that I could find. so I hooked up a water hose to the pipe to see if I could find a leak. As far as I could tell there was no leak in the pipe. but I did find something that puzzled me. On the pump itself there was a stream of water coming from the casing close to the top. (see pictures) I did not know if that was supposed to be there or not. the second picture shows the hole without the water coming from it.
My question is where should I go from here? what should I look for and what should I do?
I couldn't find a crack or fissure in the the black roll pipe. no cracks in any of the fittings that I could find. so I hooked up a water hose to the pipe to see if I could find a leak. As far as I could tell there was no leak in the pipe. but I did find something that puzzled me. On the pump itself there was a stream of water coming from the casing close to the top. (see pictures) I did not know if that was supposed to be there or not. the second picture shows the hole without the water coming from it.
My question is where should I go from here? what should I look for and what should I do?