heikevin
New Member
Interesting well pump behavior
1. Pressure at 40 psi, pump is off
2. Turn on sink and flush toilet
3. Pressure slowly drops, pump engages, pressure starts climbing
4. Suddenly pressure plummets to 10-20 psi, pump sounds airy.
5. Continues like this until toilet is full.
6. Pressure starts building, at about 30 psi pump sounds normal (full) again
7. Pump continues to run and builds pressure to 40 psi and shuts off.
So seems like the well has no volume capacity once tank is depleted. Could well be starving? If I shut the main valve off to cut water usage the pressure immediately starts to build normally. One other piece of data... I cannot get system beyond 40 psi. If I adjust the shutoff higher than that the pressure seems to stabilize at about 42 psi and the pump just continues to run. (New 3/4 HP Red Jacket jet pump, new leathers and foot valve.)
Any help is appreciated.
1. Pressure at 40 psi, pump is off
2. Turn on sink and flush toilet
3. Pressure slowly drops, pump engages, pressure starts climbing
4. Suddenly pressure plummets to 10-20 psi, pump sounds airy.
5. Continues like this until toilet is full.
6. Pressure starts building, at about 30 psi pump sounds normal (full) again
7. Pump continues to run and builds pressure to 40 psi and shuts off.
So seems like the well has no volume capacity once tank is depleted. Could well be starving? If I shut the main valve off to cut water usage the pressure immediately starts to build normally. One other piece of data... I cannot get system beyond 40 psi. If I adjust the shutoff higher than that the pressure seems to stabilize at about 42 psi and the pump just continues to run. (New 3/4 HP Red Jacket jet pump, new leathers and foot valve.)
Any help is appreciated.