Switch that turns pump on and off

If you are asking, as I suppose you are, how to adjust your switch, then this site gives a great description of how its done.

How to adjust water pump pressure, pump cut-on pressure and pump cut-off pressure - private pump and well system do-it-yourself repairs

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Originally Posted by jlisenbe

If you are asking, as I suppose you are, how to adjust your switch, then this site gives a great description of how its done.

How to adjust water pump pressure, pump cut-on pressure and pump cut-off pressure - private pump and well system do-it-yourself repairs

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No I know how towhen iffy to adjust it nothing happens so my pump stays on all the time new pressure switch

2 things:

1. Sometimes the little pipe leading to the switch can become clogged with junk. That makes the switch respond slowly or even not at all.

2. It may be that the pump cannot pump up to the cut off pressure. In other words, if your switch will cutoff at, say, 60#, but the pump cannot generate more than 55# of pressure, then the pump will never cutoff. The only solution for that, other than possibly replacing the pump, is to turn the large, center nut on the switch counterclockwise a few complete turns and see if you can get the cut off point down low enough.

As the pump continues to run, how much pressure does your gauge read?

Is your pump above ground or in the well?

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Originally Posted by jlisenbe

2 things:

1. Sometimes the little pipe leading to the switch can become clogged with junk. That makes the switch respond slowly or even not at all.

2. It may be that the pump cannot pump up to the cutoff pressure. In other words, if your switch will cutoff at, say, 60#, but the pump cannot generate more than 55# of pressure, then the pump will never cutoff. The only solution for that, other than possibly replacing the pump, is to turn the large, center nut on the switch counterclockwise a few complete turns and see if you can get the cutoff point down low enough.

As the pump continues to run, how much pressure does your gauge read?

Is your pump above ground or in the well?

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. Small tube new but checked all goodand push a wire threw to see if any were plugged but nothing.it runs at 40 psi

If your system pressure is staying at 40 and the pump is still running, then the pump, for some reason, cannot get over 40#. This is assuming that your switch is operating properly, which seems likely since you stated it is new. Then the question becomes "why?". So, we need to know:

1. Is your pump above ground or in the well?
2. If it is above ground, then it is possible there is a leak in the suction line.
3. If it is in the well, then it is possible that there is a leak in the wellpipe.
4. Other than 2 and 3, it is possible that the water table has dropped during the summer and 40# is all the pump can do presently. That is much more likely if the pump is above ground, thus question #1 above.
5. Do you have a cutoff valve so that you can be certain there is not a leak between the tank and house?

Pump in well and where is the cut off switch located at I don't know much about it or anything just bought the house