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denaegun · Sep 29, 2011, 10:59 PM

I left the sprinklers on for several hours and I returned home to find that I now have no running water. Our house is only a few years old and the breakers read fine. What else can I try or is a plumber my only option? Oh and when I first got home the gauge read 0. 3 hours later, its at 50. Does this mean its getting better on its own?

Milo Dolezal · Sep 29, 2011, 11:33 PM

If you are on well, you don't have unlimited supply of water. If you let sprinklers run for extended period you will use up all water in the well. Wait day or two to see if well refills. Milo

jlisenbe · Sep 30, 2011, 02:58 AM

If your pressure gauge is reading fifty, you should now have water. I think Milo hit it. You ran your well out of water, but that is temporary. Sounds like it has already recovered.

speedball1 · Sep 30, 2011, 07:59 AM

It doesn't sound to me like the well simply "ran out of water". What's more likely you've had a dry spell and the water table had lowered. By drawing on it for several hours with the sprinklers you lowered the water table to the point the pump was sucking air. Left alone the water table will replenish itself as you've found out. No plumber needed here. Good luck, nb Tom

jlisenbe · Sep 30, 2011, 08:44 AM

Just a small point. I didn't say the well "ran out of water". I said the person "ran your well out of water", which is simply another way of saying "By drawing on it for several hours with the sprinklers you lowered the water table".

speedball1 · Sep 30, 2011, 08:52 AM

Milo said,

you don't have unlimited supply of water. If you let sprinklers run for extended period you will use up all water in the well.

and you replied ,

I think Milo hit it.

That's where that came from. Sorry if I misread the posts. Need a hug? Tom

jlisenbe · Sep 30, 2011, 09:04 AM

I'm fine with it. Just didn't know where the quote came from since neither of us wrote it.
Yeah! But it was implied and that's what I picked up on. T

denaegun · Oct 2, 2011, 04:57 PM

Thanks everyone! I'm a city girl learning the country life lol. After several phone calls, a lady from a well and septic repair gave me the simplest advice. All I needed to do was press the reset button on the pump. Pretty ignorant on my end, but I've learned from this mishap and won't be leaving my 3 girls and myself without water anytime soon!

speedball1 · Oct 2, 2011, 06:22 PM

Hey city girl,
Glad you have water once more. Now I'd start to wonder what threw the reset button off. Good luck in your new place. Tom

jlisenbe · Oct 3, 2011, 06:16 AM

I wonder if she means the reset lever on the switch?

Pressure gauge must be bad if it was reading fifty with the pump not running.