I am not a Plummer / well guy. I have called a couple well companies and we are “on the list” like a lot of people in the community. I have been working on it and I have learned a lot but I am still having trouble. Any help would be appreciated.
During the freeze we lost power for a couple days and our booster pump froze and cracked. I ordered a sta-rite 1 ½ hp pump that took two weeks to get here. While we were waiting on the sta-rite I used a Harbor Freight Drummond 1hp pump to help us limp along. The Drummond pressure switch would cycle on and off multiple times a second when the system reached 50psi. For a week we just turned in on and off when we needed water. When we got the new pump, the same issue is happening. We did have a bad spring check valve between the booster pump and the pressure tank. I replaced the bad check valve with a flapper style check valve on the suction line for the pump. I put it on the suction line so the pressure switch was between the check valve and pressure tank.
Another note is there is enough pressure from my storage tank to push water through the whole system and I get a steady stream of water from the spin down valve.
Both the Drummond and Sta-Rite pumps acted the same.
I have considered wiring the pump directly to 220 power and turning it on and off at the circuit breaker until I can get the pressure switch figured out.
I added a video of the pump you will see it go crazy at about 40 seconds
Here is what I have done.
Video of the switch cycling
During the freeze we lost power for a couple days and our booster pump froze and cracked. I ordered a sta-rite 1 ½ hp pump that took two weeks to get here. While we were waiting on the sta-rite I used a Harbor Freight Drummond 1hp pump to help us limp along. The Drummond pressure switch would cycle on and off multiple times a second when the system reached 50psi. For a week we just turned in on and off when we needed water. When we got the new pump, the same issue is happening. We did have a bad spring check valve between the booster pump and the pressure tank. I replaced the bad check valve with a flapper style check valve on the suction line for the pump. I put it on the suction line so the pressure switch was between the check valve and pressure tank.
Another note is there is enough pressure from my storage tank to push water through the whole system and I get a steady stream of water from the spin down valve.
Both the Drummond and Sta-Rite pumps acted the same.
I have considered wiring the pump directly to 220 power and turning it on and off at the circuit breaker until I can get the pressure switch figured out.
I added a video of the pump you will see it go crazy at about 40 seconds
Here is what I have done.
- Turned off all the power.
- Drained the system.
- Replaced the pump.
- Moved the check valve from the output line to the suction line. I could blow through both sides of the old check valve.
- Turned the power on
- System got to 50psi and pressure switch went crazy
- Turned power off
- Drained the pressure out of the system
- Let all the air out of the pressure tank. (It was as ~60psi)
- Turned power on
- System to longer to come up to pressure
- System got to 50psi and pressure switch went crazy
- The pressure tank is now @ 30psi and water is lasting a lot longer in the house.
Video of the switch cycling
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