Richfromny
New Member
I am at my wits end. My Gould’s 2hp 7gs20 is over 700 feet in the ground. We have a 64 gallon well x trol and a 40/60 pressure switch. In the summer only when we run the pool with it’s auto top off, at times the main overload in our start box trips. No water. Simple reset, and it can work fine for weeks if there isn’t a constant draw of water. Same if I water the lawn for 15 minutes. All may be fine, or the main (not start) overload is tripped. Yesterday someone flushed a toilet and the flapper didn’t seat and they left the house. So slow water driain. Came back to tripped main overload. I thought I found the issue- the run capacitor in our centuripro cb20412cr box was out of spec. Actually replaced the whole box. Same issue. No problem when showering, when kids take a bath, etc. I changed the pressure switch when I did the control box, and the breaker is feeding 242v. Unfortunately the running amp draw of the pump is slightly high on the yellow (spec is 13.2- actual is 14) and black (spec is 11.9 actual is 12.7) windings.
any ideas? I hate to have someone pull the pump if I don’t have to. Labor for a 700 foot pump is a killer, not to mention the well is in my back yard. My thought was that the pump was cycling on and off too frequently- it see,s to fill that pressure tank (which only has about a 13 gallon draw down at 40/60) in around 2 minutes. If I use those thirteen gallons in 3 or 4 minutes that means the pump cycles on and off with little rest. any experts please feel free to chime in. Don’t mind calling someone but it’s a guaranteed new pump around here, and if I turn off the pool top off and don’t water my lawn, there is no issue. Thanks!
any ideas? I hate to have someone pull the pump if I don’t have to. Labor for a 700 foot pump is a killer, not to mention the well is in my back yard. My thought was that the pump was cycling on and off too frequently- it see,s to fill that pressure tank (which only has about a 13 gallon draw down at 40/60) in around 2 minutes. If I use those thirteen gallons in 3 or 4 minutes that means the pump cycles on and off with little rest. any experts please feel free to chime in. Don’t mind calling someone but it’s a guaranteed new pump around here, and if I turn off the pool top off and don’t water my lawn, there is no issue. Thanks!