One day we forgot to turnoff the faucet while watering the lawn and therefore emptied out the well.
After this our well troll 202 seems to have lost all its pressure and therefore we are not getting any water pumped out of the well.

It has the gauge and square D pumptrol.

I have tried to do some research to find an answer online with no luck. Are there are any basics steps I could do, so as to trouble shoot the problem. What type of equipment would I need to do this myself? Do I need to call in a professional to look at the problem.

Any suggestions, is greatly appreciated.

Regards

--Mark

speedball1

A Well-Trol 202 is the pressure tank. Tell us a little about the system. Shallow or deep well? Surface or submersible pump? Has it been very dry in your area? Let us know. regards, Tom

mdcosta

This is approx. 200 foot deep well, a surface pump that resides indoors in the basement and it has never been dry in our area. The well to has never run dry in the 9 years we have been using it.

Thank you Tom

Regards

--Mark

speedball1

Have you tried priming the pump? If so what happened? If not then do it. regards, Tom

mdcosta

No, I have not. Is this something I can do or does it need a professional? I will try and find some literature on how to do this. Thanks Tom -- regards Mark

scirocco70

What you have is known as a "jet pump" and it will need to be primed before it can pump water.... Essentially this means filling up the pump housing and all the pipes with water. If not primed, the pump impeller runs in air, and can damage some kinds of pumps.


Another point, if your well is low enough that watering your lawn can run it dry, maybe you'll want to think about not watering the lawn... Or at least check pricing on a new well before you do. A new well runs about $18k in my area.

Good luck!
~aaron


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speedball1

There's a plugged opening on top of the impeller cage,(sometimes it has a pressure gage installed). That's where you will pour the water needed to prime the pump. Good luck. Tom

mdcosta

At last, I have been able to prime the tank and get the pressure upto 29psi. When I turn open the faucet connected to the well, the pump does not start up. All the water that I used to prime the tank with just trickles out. I made sure that the power is turned on. Do I need to reset something or could this be an electrical problem.

jlisenbe

When you say you primed the tank I assume you mean you primed the pump and the pump was able to pump enough water to raise the pressure to 29# in the pressure tank. That would mean you would have at least several gallons in the tank. Once you open a faucet, if you have 29# of pressure in the tank, then you should get at least a decent flow from the faucet for several seconds, not just a trickle.

The switch is responsible for cutting the pump back on once the pressure drops to a set point. Make sure (visually) the contacts in the switch are closing. If they are closing, then the pump should kick on.

mdcosta

When I say "I primed the pressure tank" I mean I filled the pump housing and all the pipes are filled with water. What I am not sure of is how much water I should be filling into the pump housing and all the pipes. I think I have put about 10 gallons. Should I put more...

The 29 psi is what I filled the pressure tank with through the pressure valve.

The contacts in the switch are closing.