Buzzaro
New Member
Hey everyone,
I just moved into a new (to me) home that's got a Pentek Intellidrive system. It's a 15gpm well that pumps into a 2500 gallon storage tank and the house is supplied from that with the pressure tank in the garage. The issue I'm having is that water sprays out of the pressure relief valve at the storage tank during the pressure cycle. Not a small amount but like a hose bibb on full blast. I tried screwing in the adjustment on the relief valve a little but that doesn't seem to help. The pressure shown on the Pentek always varies from the analog dial gauge on the line near the pressure tank. The transducer is in a port right next to the analog gauge. Usually the analog gauge reads about 20psi higher than the digital readout on the Pentek but sometimes reads 10psi lower. Rarely are they the same. I checked the settings on the transducer and it's set to read from 0-100. The internal set point was set at 60psi but I lowered it to 53psi. I tried 50 but sometimes it wouldn't trigger the cut in and I'd lose water to the house so I bumped it up a couple until it seems to work and I can get this all sorted out. This type of system is new to me so I am not sure what to check. Right now I am leaning towards the a bad transducer because the pressure relief valve and and analog gauge both seem to indicate a higher pressure than what the Pentek is telling me. Anything else to look for and ways to test it?
Thanks
I just moved into a new (to me) home that's got a Pentek Intellidrive system. It's a 15gpm well that pumps into a 2500 gallon storage tank and the house is supplied from that with the pressure tank in the garage. The issue I'm having is that water sprays out of the pressure relief valve at the storage tank during the pressure cycle. Not a small amount but like a hose bibb on full blast. I tried screwing in the adjustment on the relief valve a little but that doesn't seem to help. The pressure shown on the Pentek always varies from the analog dial gauge on the line near the pressure tank. The transducer is in a port right next to the analog gauge. Usually the analog gauge reads about 20psi higher than the digital readout on the Pentek but sometimes reads 10psi lower. Rarely are they the same. I checked the settings on the transducer and it's set to read from 0-100. The internal set point was set at 60psi but I lowered it to 53psi. I tried 50 but sometimes it wouldn't trigger the cut in and I'd lose water to the house so I bumped it up a couple until it seems to work and I can get this all sorted out. This type of system is new to me so I am not sure what to check. Right now I am leaning towards the a bad transducer because the pressure relief valve and and analog gauge both seem to indicate a higher pressure than what the Pentek is telling me. Anything else to look for and ways to test it?
Thanks