Tim in Miramichi
New Member
Hi all,
I'm new to the forum and I have a problem that I am helping my uncle with at his place. I have a similar problem at my house (miles away, very different depths) and I'm hoping that helping him will let me solve my own problem.
His pump will kick in and begin building pressure, but it will only build to 28 psi.
He has set the switch to run at 20/40 for the time being, so what he is doing is running the water very sparsely. When the pump kicks in, he goes down and turns it off and back on again. This way, he is keeping the pump from burning out.
He assumed it was a problem with the foot-valve, so we dug up the well head and pulled it out. We replaced the lines and the foot-valve and put everything back down and hooked it up. But, we are still having the same problem.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Tim
I'm new to the forum and I have a problem that I am helping my uncle with at his place. I have a similar problem at my house (miles away, very different depths) and I'm hoping that helping him will let me solve my own problem.
His pump will kick in and begin building pressure, but it will only build to 28 psi.
He has set the switch to run at 20/40 for the time being, so what he is doing is running the water very sparsely. When the pump kicks in, he goes down and turns it off and back on again. This way, he is keeping the pump from burning out.
He assumed it was a problem with the foot-valve, so we dug up the well head and pulled it out. We replaced the lines and the foot-valve and put everything back down and hooked it up. But, we are still having the same problem.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Tim