Our well worked fine before the big freeze from winter storm in Feb, we lost power for a week and when turned back on the pump was struggling so we shut it off to have well guys come look at it not wanting to risk it burning out. They came out and said we needed a new pump and if we wanted to just let it run till it burned out. We kept it off and opted to have it cleaned and reinstalled thinking it was just clogged from sitting in a well that has iron bacteria built up with no movement even tho the well guys said that wasn't it.
After the pump had an acid bath and re-installed it worked just fine using only the water spigot at the well, where the pressure tank is also located. When we opened the valve to let water through to one house (the well supplies water to three houses but we have only made repairs on the one location at the time so the other two we keep off) the tank losses pressure. The first time it happened after the acid bath we didn't realize this was why it was messing up so we assumed we had to buy a new pump, shut it off and left it alone. We saved up money and had them come out to put on the new pump and they said the old pump we had was working just fine, tank too (but the lines to homes were not oppened they only tested it from the spigot and directly from pump prior to the pressure tank). The water at the house when we open the line has good pressure, water comes out just fine but the tank gauge goes from 60 where it normally sits and climbs all the way down to zero and stays there never building back up even with the pump running sounds like the tank is not filling up. When we close the line to the house the tank gauge goes back up to 60 and it fills with water. The supply line is burried in the ground maybe 5 to 6 feet. What is causing pressure in the tank to drop and stay low and not go back up while the line is open and how do we fix it? The pump is submersive, deep well 200 feet, metal pipes, the pressure tank I believe is a bladder tank.
After the pump had an acid bath and re-installed it worked just fine using only the water spigot at the well, where the pressure tank is also located. When we opened the valve to let water through to one house (the well supplies water to three houses but we have only made repairs on the one location at the time so the other two we keep off) the tank losses pressure. The first time it happened after the acid bath we didn't realize this was why it was messing up so we assumed we had to buy a new pump, shut it off and left it alone. We saved up money and had them come out to put on the new pump and they said the old pump we had was working just fine, tank too (but the lines to homes were not oppened they only tested it from the spigot and directly from pump prior to the pressure tank). The water at the house when we open the line has good pressure, water comes out just fine but the tank gauge goes from 60 where it normally sits and climbs all the way down to zero and stays there never building back up even with the pump running sounds like the tank is not filling up. When we close the line to the house the tank gauge goes back up to 60 and it fills with water. The supply line is burried in the ground maybe 5 to 6 feet. What is causing pressure in the tank to drop and stay low and not go back up while the line is open and how do we fix it? The pump is submersive, deep well 200 feet, metal pipes, the pressure tank I believe is a bladder tank.
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