FarmerTyson
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Hey Guys,
I’m new to this forum and am desperate for advice! My wife and I moved into an old (1972) farm house. It’s time to put some money and attention into our well. I’ve done a ton of research and figured out, for the most part, quite a bit about well pumps, pressure tanks, types of treatment, etc. That being said, I have, what I think, is a strange setup and am stumped on how to proceed.
Currently, I have a 2 wire submersible pump, with one water line coming to the house where it meets an old 20 gallon pressure tank. However, on top of the well, it also T’s to another (boiler drain) valve that goes to our barn. When the water in the barn is turned on, as you would expect the, the pressure tank pressure drops and at 28psi, the switch kicks on the pump. There isn’t a check valve leading into the pressure tank so this got me thinking and left me with a ton of questions:
1. Being that there isn’t currently a check valve leading into the pressure tank, does the water that has flown to the tank then potentially flow back to the well and out to the barn once the spigot is turned on? So if I put a check valve before the pressure tank, I won’t have any pressure out to the barn?
2. Or if I do put a check valve in, is there enough pressure in the well from the pump that when the water is turned on in the barn it will flow?
3. If I don’t use a check valve in front of the pressure tank, I started thinking maybe I should put a check valve after the pressure tank leading into the house to prevent any water leading back through the system and out to the barn. In this scenario, would a check valve after the pressure tank and leading into the house filtration reduce water pressure and flow? Should I not do this?
4. What is the best way to handle this setup?
5. I was thinking, but really don’t want to, about running another line after the pressure tank and back to the barn. But this seems like too much back and forth and that there must be an easier way.
6. I’m replacing the old pressure tank, so is there a way to salvage it and use it in the barn? If so, what would control the pump? Would the switch in the house control it? What if the tank at the barn gets low? There wouldn’t be a signal to turn the pump on. Even if there was, wouldn’t the pump in the house then get over pressurized?
As you can see, I have so many questions and don’t know the best way to set everything up.
Any and all help is much appreciated!!!
Thank you in advance,
T
I’m new to this forum and am desperate for advice! My wife and I moved into an old (1972) farm house. It’s time to put some money and attention into our well. I’ve done a ton of research and figured out, for the most part, quite a bit about well pumps, pressure tanks, types of treatment, etc. That being said, I have, what I think, is a strange setup and am stumped on how to proceed.
Currently, I have a 2 wire submersible pump, with one water line coming to the house where it meets an old 20 gallon pressure tank. However, on top of the well, it also T’s to another (boiler drain) valve that goes to our barn. When the water in the barn is turned on, as you would expect the, the pressure tank pressure drops and at 28psi, the switch kicks on the pump. There isn’t a check valve leading into the pressure tank so this got me thinking and left me with a ton of questions:
1. Being that there isn’t currently a check valve leading into the pressure tank, does the water that has flown to the tank then potentially flow back to the well and out to the barn once the spigot is turned on? So if I put a check valve before the pressure tank, I won’t have any pressure out to the barn?
2. Or if I do put a check valve in, is there enough pressure in the well from the pump that when the water is turned on in the barn it will flow?
3. If I don’t use a check valve in front of the pressure tank, I started thinking maybe I should put a check valve after the pressure tank leading into the house to prevent any water leading back through the system and out to the barn. In this scenario, would a check valve after the pressure tank and leading into the house filtration reduce water pressure and flow? Should I not do this?
4. What is the best way to handle this setup?
5. I was thinking, but really don’t want to, about running another line after the pressure tank and back to the barn. But this seems like too much back and forth and that there must be an easier way.
6. I’m replacing the old pressure tank, so is there a way to salvage it and use it in the barn? If so, what would control the pump? Would the switch in the house control it? What if the tank at the barn gets low? There wouldn’t be a signal to turn the pump on. Even if there was, wouldn’t the pump in the house then get over pressurized?
As you can see, I have so many questions and don’t know the best way to set everything up.
Any and all help is much appreciated!!!
Thank you in advance,
T