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    Aug 19, 2007, 07:03 PM
    Well pressure switch turns off water
    I have a submersible well pump with a pressure tank and a square-d pressure switch. I have it set to cycle between 30 and 65 lbs. Sometimes when the garden sprinklers are on and it swiches stations so two stations are on momentarily and the pressure is close to the low setting (30lbs) it will draw it below the low limit and it never recovers but shuts down. Is there a way to have it cycle at 30lbs as the low but keep pumping if it gets below that instead of shutting off.
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    Aug 22, 2007, 11:38 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by dontaskit
    I have a submersible well pump with a pressure tank and a square-d pressure switch. I have it set to cycle between 30 and 65 lbs. Sometimes when the garden sprinklers are on and it swiches stations so two stations are on momentarily and the pressure is close to the low setting (30lbs) it will draw it below the low limit and it never recovers but shuts down. Is there a way to have it cycle at 30lbs as the low but keep pumping if it gets below that instead of shutting off.
    Do the contacts close when it drops below 30 but does not turn the pump on? Sounds to me more like a bad switch than anything else.

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