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Originally Posted by manny2c Hey Guys, need some help
Water tank pressure release??
About halfway up the tank is the is the pressure indicator which is mounted on a "Brady Bar-125 float (or whatever it is called) I installed a new control box that has the 35/50 off/on set and after about a day it is settled on 29/45 which I think is ok.
My question- The pump turns on and the air release on the tank make a whaling noise and lets air out and some water mist. Other then a small whale being in there, is this normal or can it be adjusted, or is it telling me something is not right.
The tank is a standard galvanized, before all this new utter and bladder stuff came out, it is new tho.
Thanks for any light you can give me.
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Good morning Manny,
Your control box pressure's set too high for the air release float valve.
The air release valve is factory preset to release at 20 PSI. Even though the adjusting screw will let you adjust the pressure setting between 0 and 40 PSI it will still blow off like a killer whale. The answer to your problem would be to remove the air relase float valve and either plug the hole or install a bushing that accommodates your pressure gage.
Another option would be to change out the control box to a 20/40 PSI and adjust the valve uo to 40 PSI blowoff. To increase the release valve pressure turn the adjusting screw clockwise.
As it stands now the air release valve is lowering your water pressuire.
Good luck, Tom
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