Rockwind1
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I had a good well on my little ranchette, 20 acres, just outside Prescott, AZ. the original well report from 2000 has limited info. the well is about 260' deep. and states a 6+ gpm production rate. I have a 1/2 hp franklin control box, a pretty nice one, with a run dry switch in it. the pump fills up a 3000 gallon plastic tank,, and it fills it by pumping into the bottom of the tank thru a 1" PVC pipe. it has historically filled it up in 6-7 hours but a few days ago, I was watering some trees and the jet pump started burping, so i went to go look and the tank was really low, at the point where the submersible had kicked on to refill it. but after 7 hours it was maybe only a third full, i did some math and the pump is now doing about 2.5 to 2.9 gpm. it is pulling acceptable amps at 5.8 ish. I checked the main and start windings and they are within spec.
Anyway,, one time during the filling, after a few hours , I went down and checked amps and it was at 1.3,, basically it had stopped,, or possible sucking air. I reset it and it pumped for a few more hours then shut off that time. I let it sit for half a day, then turned it on and it ran for a hour and a half, then started pulling 1.3 amps again.
I am not sure if the run dry feature is working correctly, cause why would the pump run at 1.3 amps,,,if the run dry switch senses that it should totally shut off like it did that one time.
I am beginning to think maybe the well isn't filling up with water. my neighbor has well abut 80 yds away that is 300 ft,, no problem with his but he doesn't have a storage tank so pump only runs for short times.
The only thing it could either be it is maybe somehow the impeller is not working as well as it used to? How does an impeller just stop working as good, it either spins or it doesn’t right?
Thoughts.
I don't want to pay thousands to pull this pump if the well is dry,, seems more better to just drill a new deeper well. The wells in the area have been drying up.
Anyway,, one time during the filling, after a few hours , I went down and checked amps and it was at 1.3,, basically it had stopped,, or possible sucking air. I reset it and it pumped for a few more hours then shut off that time. I let it sit for half a day, then turned it on and it ran for a hour and a half, then started pulling 1.3 amps again.
I am not sure if the run dry feature is working correctly, cause why would the pump run at 1.3 amps,,,if the run dry switch senses that it should totally shut off like it did that one time.
I am beginning to think maybe the well isn't filling up with water. my neighbor has well abut 80 yds away that is 300 ft,, no problem with his but he doesn't have a storage tank so pump only runs for short times.
The only thing it could either be it is maybe somehow the impeller is not working as well as it used to? How does an impeller just stop working as good, it either spins or it doesn’t right?
Thoughts.
I don't want to pay thousands to pull this pump if the well is dry,, seems more better to just drill a new deeper well. The wells in the area have been drying up.
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