and got a big hydro bill. Hope this photo loads ok. This pump was pulled from my cottage well at depth of 150 ft. Its a Meyers approx ten years old .
background: I need to keep a little heat in the cottage in the winter and the boiler ‘might’ call for water so the pump stays on. In the fall when I locked up I noticed the water tank pressure was low and the pump could only deliver about 15 psi so I figured I had a problem but no time to deal with it then... so I lowered the pressure switch and left it till I returned a few days ago .... after I got a $195 dollar electric bill for July!!!
When I returned to the cottage there was no pressure at all and the pressure switch was ‘On’ ...The hole by the clamps is the reason!!!
I have no idea how many weeks or months this pump was running non stop.... but enough to consume a lot of juice. AND it still runs!!
There’s a new pump going back down and this one will find itself in a shallow cistern where replacement will be simpler if necessary ..... and a BRASS fitting will go on the new one instead of the galvanized one that has virtually disintegrated.
There is evidence of a lot of iron ‘bloom’ in the well but interestingly enough it seems to only extend to about 20ft below the static level.
background: I need to keep a little heat in the cottage in the winter and the boiler ‘might’ call for water so the pump stays on. In the fall when I locked up I noticed the water tank pressure was low and the pump could only deliver about 15 psi so I figured I had a problem but no time to deal with it then... so I lowered the pressure switch and left it till I returned a few days ago .... after I got a $195 dollar electric bill for July!!!
When I returned to the cottage there was no pressure at all and the pressure switch was ‘On’ ...The hole by the clamps is the reason!!!
I have no idea how many weeks or months this pump was running non stop.... but enough to consume a lot of juice. AND it still runs!!
There’s a new pump going back down and this one will find itself in a shallow cistern where replacement will be simpler if necessary ..... and a BRASS fitting will go on the new one instead of the galvanized one that has virtually disintegrated.
There is evidence of a lot of iron ‘bloom’ in the well but interestingly enough it seems to only extend to about 20ft below the static level.