View Full Version : Ask a plumber about submersible water pump
 
 softstopp
Jun 17, 2012, 07:12 PM
I have a submersible water pump, 185 ft, It will not build up enough pressure to turn on limit switch.  Replaced limit switch,bladder tank is set with air pressure, turned to 20/40 still won't reach limit. I can hear the pump running at the well head. Never have heard it running outside before. 
Some water pressure,  it sounds like water is running back in well lines when I turn limit switches to a low number.
 jlisenbe
Jun 18, 2012, 03:50 AM
Some water pressure, it sounds like water is running back in well lines
 
That part sounds like a bad checkvalve. The rest of your post, unfortunately, sounds like a pump going bad. How old is the pump?
 softstopp
Jun 18, 2012, 03:57 AM
That part sounds like a bad checkvalve. The rest of your post, unfortunately, sounds like a pump going bad. How old is the pump?
 
22 year old pump, hard water in the area
 softstopp
Jun 18, 2012, 04:02 AM
That part sounds like a bad checkvalve. The rest of your post, unfortunately, sounds like a pump going bad. How old is the pump?
 
Yes it is, checkvalue at the well bottom?
 hkstroud
Jun 18, 2012, 05:46 AM
Some water pressure, it sounds like water is running back in well lines
Sounds like a leaking or cracked well pipe to me.
 jlisenbe
Jun 18, 2012, 07:17 AM
Good catch, HK. That could very well be the problem. Still, a 22 year old pump is pretty old. What kind of pipe is your wellpipe, plastic or galvanized?