[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 193, Issue 2

[Steven Earley]

to set per charge pressure on pressure tank.
turn pump off,
open valve to drain off water.
press tank up to pressure of 5 psig less than pump turn on point.
close valve and turn on pump.
when musing water if pressure goes to zero prior to pump making pressure then lower pre-charge pressure by a few psig.


I have a City Boy question that was posted to me by another city boy who recently moved to rural Kentucky from Milwaukee.

His problem is this:

His well pump brings his tank up to pressure in about 5 minutes starting a 0 psi.

Pump shuts off as it should at 58 psi.

Two minutes later pressure has dropped to 30 pis and pump comes back on.

Two minutes later it is back to pressure.

IF he turns off power to the pump pressure falls to 0 psi  within 5 minutes.

When the water line going to the pump is turned off pressure remains up.









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