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I want to increase water pressure from my above ground pump for my well. How?
I have an older house that has a well system. The pump is inside the basement with a pipe running down. I've been told that the well is very deep-approx 200ft, not sure is this is true or not. However, the water pressure is quite pathetic, is there any way to turn up pressure? The pump feeds into several different things, one is my water softener, there is a blue cylinder that says Well-X-Trol on it and another thin cylinder that has a timer on it.
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On a Square-D Pumptrol pump pressure switch, Turtn the larger spring,(#1) clockwise to raise [both] cut-on and cut-off pressures.
In other words, adjusting the pressure on this spring shifts the whole operating range of the switch up or down, but keeps the difference between cut-in and cut-out the same, whatever it happens to be (typically it's about 20 psi from the factory. Turn the smaller spring.(#2) clockwise to raise the cut-out pressure only. In other words, adjusting the pressure on this spring shifts just the pump cut-out pressure up (clockwise) or down (counter-clockwise). This should give you the pressure you desire. Good luck, Tom |
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Charlotte, before you start with the switch, just let us know two things. Start a faucet running water. Go down to the pump and watch the pressure gauge. As pressure drops, you will hear a clicking sound as the pump turns on. Then turn off the faucet and let pressure build up. Listen for a second click when the pump turns off. What are those two pressure points?
I'd also bypass that water softener and see if that is causing trouble. Most of them have a bypass valve you can activate. The thin cylinder with a timer is a water filter. Try bypassing that as well and see if it helps. The blue cylinder is your pressure tank. You won't need to do anything with it at this point. If your pump is cutting off at 30#, then raising that point will help. If it's cutting off at 50#, then you have a problem in another area. See this link to see what a bypass valve looks like. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=...DC1FA5&first=0 |
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