jonjandran
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I had a 36 gallon pressure tank and a Craftsman 1/2hp shallow well jet pump.
The pump was 7 years old and the last few days started a high pitch squealing. So I went to Lowes and bought a 1hp Utilitech pump.
Installation went fine. Adjusted it for around 34/50 on/off.
Tanks has 32 psi
Problem:
When the pump cycles it fills the tank up just fine and shuts off at the right pressure. But immediately the pressure in the tank starts dropping. Within 10 seconds it is down to 32 and the pump starts and pumps it back up.
It does this even with all the water in the house off. Nothing running. I even have a shut off valve between the tank/pump and the rest of the house and the drop in pressure happens with it shut off so no water can leave the tank and go into the house.
The pressure drops to 32psi and then will stay there if I turn the pump off.
It almost sounds as if the water is pushing back into the municipal water line.
Can someone please help me out here.
Is my tank bad. Is that maybe what caused the Craftsman pump to go bad?
Thanks for the help.
Jonathan
The pump was 7 years old and the last few days started a high pitch squealing. So I went to Lowes and bought a 1hp Utilitech pump.
Installation went fine. Adjusted it for around 34/50 on/off.
Tanks has 32 psi
Problem:
When the pump cycles it fills the tank up just fine and shuts off at the right pressure. But immediately the pressure in the tank starts dropping. Within 10 seconds it is down to 32 and the pump starts and pumps it back up.
It does this even with all the water in the house off. Nothing running. I even have a shut off valve between the tank/pump and the rest of the house and the drop in pressure happens with it shut off so no water can leave the tank and go into the house.
The pressure drops to 32psi and then will stay there if I turn the pump off.
It almost sounds as if the water is pushing back into the municipal water line.
Can someone please help me out here.
Is my tank bad. Is that maybe what caused the Craftsman pump to go bad?
Thanks for the help.
Jonathan
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