Water pressure low
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Yes you need to replace your pressure switch. But that is a result of the problem and not the actual problem.
You are going to find that you have a problem with your pressure tank. If your lucky, it just needs the precharge pressure increased to where it should be, if you’re not lucky, it needs to be replaced.
You are going to find that you have a problem with your pressure tank. If your lucky, it just needs the precharge pressure increased to where it should be, if you’re not lucky, it needs to be replaced.
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How do i know if it needs increased?
Clicking on/off rapidly means you don't have enough aie in the tank. With pump off and all water drained out a faucet thete should be 38 psi air in the tank when using a 40/60 switch.
Im using a 30/50 switch. When i checked pressure it was higher than it should be. I set air pressure to correct amount and seems to be working fine. So hopefully that was the problem gonna change pressure switch tho.
Is your pump powered by 240 volts or 12o volts? For 120 volts, there is an alternate wiring that you might consider.
If the pressure on the air side of tje bladder/diaphragm increased on its own, you have water above the diaphragm and the tank is still not working like it should.
Yes you need a new tank. You also need to understand the pump cycling on and off too much is what wore out the bladder in the tank, just like bending a wire back and forth until it breaks. So while you are replacing the tank, you should consider a Cycle Stop Valve to solve the cycling problem, then you won't need a very large tank. The CSV with a 4.5 gallon size tank will do a better job than a big tank without a CSV.
This is what you need.
https://cyclestopvalves.com/collections/frontpage/products/custom-pk1a-pside-kick-kit
And here is how it works.
This is what you need.
https://cyclestopvalves.com/collections/frontpage/products/custom-pk1a-pside-kick-kit
And here is how it works.
Is this a pit or a cellar?
I am not a pro. I am thinking after turning off the pump and relieving pressure, your next step is to cut the pipe/nipple at B.
I am not sure what would be next. Do you unscrew the remainder of the cut pipe from D, and plug it, or do you screw in some other connection to D? Or do you unscrew G from F and continue from there?
Cutting the pipe would be done with a cutoff wheel or reciprocating saw. Is that pipe to be cut steel or brass?
It? Is "it" F? On second thought, F might be a union. You would hold E and turn F (rotate the top of F toward A. Yeah. That's probably it. Easier and better than cutting B.
Wait for a person with more experience than me to weigh in before using a lot of force.
Yeah F is a union. Start there.
Then you are going to need to take something loose to the right of the pressure gauge, which I can't see.
Draging it out cause we still can't see far enough to the right.
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