Redfire
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At my cottage I have an older red jacket shallow we'll pump. It is connected to a sandpoint well, 18 ft. down.
Connected to a bladder 10 gal tank.
Pressure setting 30/50
When it works it works really well, however after left unused for overnight and it goes down to 30 it fails to get above 30 and therefore doesn't shut off.
My fittings seem very dry...except for on the house side I have a drip on the connection going into the house.
If I unplug a few times I can usually get it to work again.
On one occasion I attempted to open the prime cap and as I did I heard air escaping....I closed and plugged back in..works no problem.
This is a new sandpoint, however my other sandpoint experienced similar behaviour.
Could it be that the pump is failing or does this sound more like a leak somewhere?
Connected to a bladder 10 gal tank.
Pressure setting 30/50
When it works it works really well, however after left unused for overnight and it goes down to 30 it fails to get above 30 and therefore doesn't shut off.
My fittings seem very dry...except for on the house side I have a drip on the connection going into the house.
If I unplug a few times I can usually get it to work again.
On one occasion I attempted to open the prime cap and as I did I heard air escaping....I closed and plugged back in..works no problem.
This is a new sandpoint, however my other sandpoint experienced similar behaviour.
Could it be that the pump is failing or does this sound more like a leak somewhere?