Why do we have air in our water lines coming from our well?

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Originally Posted by tmartin

Why do we have air in our water lines coming from our well?

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Either the pumps cavitating, (sucking air from a lowered water table) or It's pulling air in the suction line from a pinhole in the pipe. What's the bladder tank pressure set at? Regards, tom

Bladder pump is pegged out.

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Originally Posted by tmartin

Bladder pump is pegged out.

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What, exactly does that mean? Tom

When my husband checked the pressure tank gage, the pressure was as high as it could go. All the way over. Pegged out!

You have way too much pressure in the bladder4 tanki plusI want you to check it for a ruptured membrane. There are several ways to check your tank. It has a air valve on top like a valve on a tire. Push it in, you should not get any water out of that valve at all. Another way is to tap the tank from the bottom up. You will hear a "clunk" on the bottom filled with water, however you should hear a "clang" near the top filled with air. If you have water up to the top the bladder has ruptured and the tank must be replaced. To set the air pressure in a bladder tank, look at the cut-in pressure on your pressure switch. Now drain the line down with the pump off. When there is no more water coming out of the hose bib that you drained the system down with set the pressure in t6he bladder tank at 2 lbs. below the cut-in pressure. Check it with a tire gage. If your pressure control is set to come on at 20 PSI and go off at 40 PSI then your gage should read 18 PSI. Hope this helps and thank you for rating my reply. Tom