Well pump stopped working... again :-/
Jason, zone 7A, near Greensboro NC
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OMG... how do I stop this from happening again!
Comments (3)My skimmer is totally different. So don't know if what I do would work for you. I know it works for me, but there will be bunches of people here on the forum that will disagree. I removed the door and in the slot where the door would go I put a piece of the black (coarsest) Matala mat Then I have 3 baskets that hold filter mats and then the pump is in the rear. My skimmer pulls anything that is floating in the pond and it catches in the Matala Mat, I just take it out and hose it off. I also take the baskets out with the other filter media and hose them off at least once a week sometimes more if I need to. With all the gunk I wash out of the mats, it has to be working. Then after the water goes through all this media it goes to the waterfall. I was having a problem with fish getting in the skimmer. And I actually cut a hole in the top of the skimmer so the frogs can get in there. A frog could never go through my pump and go through to the waterfall. My pump has a filter on it and nothing gets through there unless it is miniscule.And when I remove the baskets of filter media to wash it, I can see the bottom of the skimmer and if there was anything in there I could see it. Glenda...See Moreneed help fixing/operating well pump pressure switch
Comments (0)Hello everyone, I recently bought a piece of land that came with a water well that runs on generator. My problem is when I turn on the generator the water would only come out for about 10 minutes and then the pump would stop pumping automatically (so water stopped flowing). I have to unplug and plug in the power for it to start pumping again. I noticed that the psi gauge is all the way up to 100+ when the pump is on and around 85 when the pump is off. Im assuming that that's way too high, so I tried adjusting the pressure by loosening the spring but that only triggers the switch to go on and off, on the off consecutively when I turn on the water faucet. This is my first time working with a well pump. Can anyone with some experience suggest what I should do? I know I can always call the professional to come out but I was hoping this is only a minor problem and can be fixed easily with some help. Someone had suggested that it might be waterlogged, but the tank is only holding about 1/6 of the water on the bottom when the pump Is on. I'll try to include some pics....See MoreOne well pipe, two pumps connected
Comments (5)hgiljr, I speculate that when the system is shut down, the pressure tank 'pushes' its priming water past the check valve of the second pump thus creating a smaller volume of water for its own priming at a subsequent start up. When the system is restarted, the new pump, because it is already primed, has a "heads up" (I like the pun) advantage over the other. When the older pump has pulled enough water from the system and primed itself, only then will it begin to function. I do not know if all this is going on and I cannot think of a way to verify it. I suggest that you remove the check valve of the new pump and see if that works. Hopefully this will be easy and enough water will be held in by the older check valve to prime both pumps. This speculating has been easy and interesting; from here on it might be only hard work. I can relate to that and so I wish you success in this effort....See Moreheat pump will not stop running
Comments (7)most detail I know: had my semi-annual check-up and since then the heat pump will not cut off when unit reaches 'set' temp. Called company who sent a different service tech who checked every thing out and said all was OK; but unit will still not cut off unless outside temp is in low 40's or above. Prior to semi-annual check-up the temp could get into the teens and would cut off once temp was reached. Monitored it last evening between 6 PM and 11 PM with thermostat set to 'heat', fan set to 'auto'and inside temp set to 68: 6:00 PM, out temp 40: unit ran for 18 min.; off 7 min. 6:25 PM, out temp 40: unit ran for 20 min.; off 6 min. 6:51 PM, out temp 37: unit ran for 13 min.; off 6 min. 7:10 PM, out temp 33: unit ran for 24 min.; off 6 min. 7:40 PM, out temp 32: unit ran for 40 min.; off 5 min. 8:25 PM 'til 11 PM, when I retired, ran w/o stopping. woke up at 5, still running and sure it ran all night, still holding at 68. Any insight is greatly appreciated....See Morecat_ky
last yearJason, zone 7A, near Greensboro NC
last yearJason, zone 7A, near Greensboro NC
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last yearJason, zone 7A, near Greensboro NC
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