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    Mar 18, 2015, 07:29 AM
    How do I set the pressure in the tank?
    So how do I set the pressure in the tank?
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    Mar 18, 2015, 10:16 AM
    With the tank empty, you set the air pressure to 2 pounds less than the cut on pressure of the pump switch.
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    Mar 18, 2015, 05:27 PM
    Harold is likely correct but you have not given us much. Is this the water tank on a well system?
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    Mar 18, 2015, 05:46 PM
    By "tank empty", he means pressure drained to zero by opening a low level faucet with the power turned off. Pressure in the tank is set by means of adding/bleeding air from the air valve at the top of the tank.
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