pressure tank ??

[coonchaser]

What should a small pressure tank be set at ?? i'm having trouble getting my pump and tank to work together thanks

[nobody05]

What do you mean as having a hard time for them to work together? When the tank is fully empy of water check the air pressure. It should be 2lbs less than the cut in pressure of the pressure tank. If you drain all the water out of the tank and it still feels "full" you have a ruptured bladder and a sympton of that would be short cycling of the pump.

[Archerysniper]

What do you mean as having a hard time for them to work together? When the tank is fully empy of water check the air pressure. It should be 2lbs less than the cut in pressure of the pressure tank. If you drain all the water out of the tank and it still feels "full" you have a ruptured bladder and a sympton of that would be short cycling of the pump.

100% correct

[coonchaser]

How do i find out the cut in pressure of the pressure tank, Thats the problem i think everything is working i just have the pressures out of wack and don't know what they should be etc...There's a chance the pressure switch is not working but i'm not sure, i have the tank pressure right so should probably start there,

[Macgyver55]

Just to clarify a bit, I think this is what you meant to say.

What do you mean as having a hard time for them to work together? When the tank is fully empy of water check the air pressure. It should be 2lbs less than the cut in pressure of the pressure tank pump. If you drain all the water out of the tank and it still feels "full" you have a ruptured bladder and a sympton of that would be short cycling of the pump.

[nobody05]

Dont have a pretture gauge on the system you can look at while running a facuet or something to investigate the kick on and kick off pressures. Otherwise you can use a gauge and stick it on the pressure tank valve stem while you run water. Pressure switches come from the factory 30/50

[coonchaser]

Ok i'll check it, here's another question, when the pump is running the house pressure is fine etc..and when the pressure tank is full and no pump on its fine also, could the pump not build enough pressure to shut things off does that happen ?? i'll set things for 30/50 so that would mean i'd put 28psi in my tank empty correct ?? i've tryed different settings and it don't shut off but does build some pressure in the tank etc...might be the pressure switch on pump is bad from sitting

[nobody05]

Is this a submersible pump or Jet Pump?

[krinkle]

Get a pressure gauge. Many times there is a place on the fittings where it can be screwed on. With a little teflon tapes its very easy to do.

Once you have a guage then you can see what the pump pressures are doing or not doing. Have seen where the upper limit is out of wack and the pump can not achieve that pressure. Have also seen where the limits are set properly but pump is wearing out and can no longer reach the high limit. There could also be holes in the well piping where the higher limits are not being able to be reached.

[coonchaser]

Ok i'll check that, its a jet pump, and could very well be wearing out but it does seem to pump well with lots of pressure etc...i seen it push the tank from 20 lbs to 24 lbs so it is adding some pressure, etc...it could very well be the pressure switch also, it sat for nine months with not being run so who knows thanks

[nobody05]

Shallow Well or Deep Well Jet Pump? The way to tell is is there 2 pipes going down into the well One bigger and one smaller one? or just 1 pipe? If there is 1 it's probably the pump just wearing out that it will not pump pressure. If there is 2 pipes going into the well I would pull them up. There will be an injector on the bottom where the 2 lines hook together. There is where you problem may lie. You get a chuck of rust in that injector you will never pump pressure.

[Tom7227]

I would suggest that you call a well company and get someone to check things out. If it's the pressure switch it may just need some dinging. Before I started pulling pipe I definitely would get a pro in. I assume it is your home and that being without water would be a major issue. My pump went bad and it was rusted in. Took the well guy two days of hard but very skilled work to get it out without breaking the pipe. Luckily for me I could hook up to a neighbor to get water into the house.

If it was shut off for 9 months it could be just about anything. I would test the water as well to make sure that it's OK.

Call me a wimp but water for the family is pretty high on my list of things to get right.

[delcecchi]

The well at our cabin sits for close to 9 months at a time and fires up in the spring. Pressure gauges and limit switches are cheap.

Where are you? In the north sometimes iron builds up on the point and plugs it up. Did it get properly winterized? could have frozen and cracked a pipe. Pressure tank could be waterlogged. Those are a few things you can check.