Mike kostas
New Member
Merry Christmas everyone! First time posting a thread anywhere. But I'm finally stumped and even my uncle who is a licensed plumber and educator for Boston gas and father another licensed plumber gas man can't figure this one out.
Aprx 4500 SQ ft home with 4 full bathrooms , large jet tub 1st floor ,person jaccuzi tub on 2nd floor ,shower stall on 1st,and additional shower stall in one of the cellars. Clothes washer , dishwasher,brand new navian boiler with super store tank does the heat and hot water.
Yes lots of appliances. We bought the home in 2015 replaced the water tank and we'll pump week we moved in ,nice little surprise the owner left us with. Found out from the original well company that the well is a 20 to 25 year old 2" well 25 ft deep. due to money and finishing building the huge house funds were tight we bought a 300 Lowe's utilitech pump ,through some magical lube ,customized gasket and fixing by me we luckily got 2.5 years out of. This week I bought everbilt pump from HDepot. It burnt out in 23 hours lol. Got another one thinking ...maybe was built on a Friday afternoon.second one burnt out in 6 hours after 1 minute of clothes washer being on. So after 3 cold nights in the well pit I've got another utilitech from Lowe's.at least I know it'll last a couple years . When we will get a 4 inch well drilled. We have 40 gallon water tank with 28 psi, water tank has the proper equipment and pressure switch is a 40/60 .. well pump also has a pressure switch but it's 20/40 ! I lowered the 40/60 quickly to try and match the pump and not mess it up. My question is do I need 2 PRESSURE SWITCHES? Can I bypass the pump pressure switch safely? Or can I make both pressures switches 40/60 by adjustment? Also I know I need to raise the air pressure to at least 38 psi if I have 40 psi cut in.
Any advice will greatly be appreciated!!! Having a 4 month old my wife and women tenant and no water in the winter is nooooo fun!
Thank you in advance !
Cheers
Aprx 4500 SQ ft home with 4 full bathrooms , large jet tub 1st floor ,person jaccuzi tub on 2nd floor ,shower stall on 1st,and additional shower stall in one of the cellars. Clothes washer , dishwasher,brand new navian boiler with super store tank does the heat and hot water.
Yes lots of appliances. We bought the home in 2015 replaced the water tank and we'll pump week we moved in ,nice little surprise the owner left us with. Found out from the original well company that the well is a 20 to 25 year old 2" well 25 ft deep. due to money and finishing building the huge house funds were tight we bought a 300 Lowe's utilitech pump ,through some magical lube ,customized gasket and fixing by me we luckily got 2.5 years out of. This week I bought everbilt pump from HDepot. It burnt out in 23 hours lol. Got another one thinking ...maybe was built on a Friday afternoon.second one burnt out in 6 hours after 1 minute of clothes washer being on. So after 3 cold nights in the well pit I've got another utilitech from Lowe's.at least I know it'll last a couple years . When we will get a 4 inch well drilled. We have 40 gallon water tank with 28 psi, water tank has the proper equipment and pressure switch is a 40/60 .. well pump also has a pressure switch but it's 20/40 ! I lowered the 40/60 quickly to try and match the pump and not mess it up. My question is do I need 2 PRESSURE SWITCHES? Can I bypass the pump pressure switch safely? Or can I make both pressures switches 40/60 by adjustment? Also I know I need to raise the air pressure to at least 38 psi if I have 40 psi cut in.
Any advice will greatly be appreciated!!! Having a 4 month old my wife and women tenant and no water in the winter is nooooo fun!
Thank you in advance !
Cheers