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    copperman Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 20, 2007, 07:04 AM
    How to turn water pressure up on my well
    Hello,
    I was watering my yard last night and when I awoke to move the sprinkler there was no water pressure in the house. I tripped the breaker on and off to recet the pump and then looked at my pressure gauge and there was hardly any pressure. The sprinkler reccommends 60 psi but, I only have around 40. Also why did my pump shot off? Did it get hot and then shot off as a safety feature? I forgot to mention I have a submerged pump? If anyone can help I would appreciate it.

    THANKS
    CHRIS O.
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    Jun 20, 2007, 11:11 AM
    I assume you mean you formerly had 40 psi at the tank but then, after a night of watering the yard, you had no pressure at all and an empty pressure tank. Is that the situation? If that is the case, then you want to be sure the pressure switch is turning the pump on. The pressure switch will have two sets of breaker points, each one carrying 110 volts. They should be closed (in contact with each other) for the pump to run. If the switch is bad, then it must be replaced. You can increase the cut/off to above 40. Mine is set at 45/60. My understanding is that a cut off 60 is about as high as you want to go with a submerged pump. That makes a pump work fairly hard to get up that high over a period of years.
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    Jun 20, 2007, 02:47 PM
    I'm not an expert, but that sounds rather similar to my recent problem with my well, which was that the water level had dropped to (almost) the level of the pump.

    This meant that any extended (more than five or ten minutes) use of water in the house would result in less and less pressure, as the water level dropped below the pump (meaning: no more water, until some seeps in).

    My pump is set at 40/60, but pressure could drop to at least as low as 20.

    The only fix here is to lower the pump in the well, which is NOT a job you want to tackle yourself. Also, consider yourself lucky if the pump isn't already at the bottom.

    It's not my lawn, but if I were you I'd quit watering it, at least with the well.
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    Jun 22, 2007, 10:10 AM
    Copperman, what was the resolution of this problem? Just curious.

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