My backyard well was producing plenty of water a few weeks ago and, then, suddenly stopped. It's stopped before when I didn't use it for a while (rainy season) and all I had to do was reprime it with the hose and off it would go again.
This last time the repriming did no good. I tried it over and over and over. I replaced the pump...same problem.
The strange thing is that it always takes just a gallon of water to reprime it even if I leave the cap off the the priming spot for several days. It did this with the old pump as well as the new. I'd think that if there was no water down in the well that the water in the pipes would drain all the way down and when I reprimed, I'd have to use the hose...not just a gallon pitcher. Is this true? If so, do you have any ideas about the problem? And what to do about it?
This last time the repriming did no good. I tried it over and over and over. I replaced the pump...same problem.
The strange thing is that it always takes just a gallon of water to reprime it even if I leave the cap off the the priming spot for several days. It did this with the old pump as well as the new. I'd think that if there was no water down in the well that the water in the pipes would drain all the way down and when I reprimed, I'd have to use the hose...not just a gallon pitcher. Is this true? If so, do you have any ideas about the problem? And what to do about it?