quartermilecamel
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Ok here's the total situation: Well x trol tank bladder busted after 2 years.....found out zero warranty because I installed it myself. I originally set it up for 40/60 pressure and tank bladder set at 33 psi. Worked great...until now. Really don't want to spend 250 for labor just to have somebody replace bladder tank, which IM not even sure why it failed. I don't have tons of sediment coming out, just the typical rust in water.
Well yesterday I discovered online that there are cycle stop valves. Their claim to fame is they reduce pump cycles a lot and also keep the pressure at about 50 while your using water. This seems like a win win situation. Not sure what the csv valve innards look like or how durable they are to well water but seems good. My Grundfos pump is the Grundfos sq200 soft start pump with a 3 inch diameter which fit in my well. I don't see any reason why my pump wouldn't work well with a cycle stop valve but haven't confirmed this yet. Even if the csv fails, its only 190 at cyclestopvalves.com which I'm fine with since there probably wont be any warranty with it(assuming a pro has to install it for warranty). Its better than paying a pro to soak you for close to 300 for labor.
Well yesterday I discovered online that there are cycle stop valves. Their claim to fame is they reduce pump cycles a lot and also keep the pressure at about 50 while your using water. This seems like a win win situation. Not sure what the csv valve innards look like or how durable they are to well water but seems good. My Grundfos pump is the Grundfos sq200 soft start pump with a 3 inch diameter which fit in my well. I don't see any reason why my pump wouldn't work well with a cycle stop valve but haven't confirmed this yet. Even if the csv fails, its only 190 at cyclestopvalves.com which I'm fine with since there probably wont be any warranty with it(assuming a pro has to install it for warranty). Its better than paying a pro to soak you for close to 300 for labor.
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