pur1138
Jan 26, 2010, 06:45 PM
Howdy. How come this stuff always happens in the middle of winter? HAHA!
I have a deep well with a submerged pump. I'm pretty sure the bladder in the storage tank has burst. But I've been adding air when the pressure at the faucets gets low. So today I was checking things out because of low pressure and I can't figure out what's going on . I put a new gauge on the pipe coming from the wellhead near the Square-D control, so that's probably good. Here's the deal. I get much different PSI readings from that gauge than I do from the schraeder fitting on the top of the tank.
For me to get decent pressure at the house, the dial gauge needs to read over 80 or so before it cycles off. But the tank fitting, using 2 different gauges (tire gauge and gauge on an electric tire inflator) only reads 10-20psi.
Also if I try to put the recommended pressure in the tank, the tank empties and starts blowing air before the pump cycles on. Unless the pump is set to turn on at insanely high pressure. The dial gauge works consistently and I believe is reading correctly. I now have it set to turn on at about 43 and off at about 67 but It's unbearably low pressure at the faucets. Watching the gauge when everything's stable shows no leakage.
Shouldn't I see the same pressure at the tank (right there in the pump house)as I see at the well head gauge?
Kevin
I have a deep well with a submerged pump. I'm pretty sure the bladder in the storage tank has burst. But I've been adding air when the pressure at the faucets gets low. So today I was checking things out because of low pressure and I can't figure out what's going on . I put a new gauge on the pipe coming from the wellhead near the Square-D control, so that's probably good. Here's the deal. I get much different PSI readings from that gauge than I do from the schraeder fitting on the top of the tank.
For me to get decent pressure at the house, the dial gauge needs to read over 80 or so before it cycles off. But the tank fitting, using 2 different gauges (tire gauge and gauge on an electric tire inflator) only reads 10-20psi.
Also if I try to put the recommended pressure in the tank, the tank empties and starts blowing air before the pump cycles on. Unless the pump is set to turn on at insanely high pressure. The dial gauge works consistently and I believe is reading correctly. I now have it set to turn on at about 43 and off at about 67 but It's unbearably low pressure at the faucets. Watching the gauge when everything's stable shows no leakage.
Shouldn't I see the same pressure at the tank (right there in the pump house)as I see at the well head gauge?
Kevin