danw
Lifetime Supporting Member
A precipitous drop in the house water pressure sent me to check the pressure on the bladder tank - only 20 psi on system with a pressure switch set for 30-50 psi. I clamped an ammeter on one of the pump wires at the breaker and its running continuously @ 7A, like it should since it hasn't reached cut-out at 50 psid, but it's not producing any pressure greater than 20psi with no load on the system.
I turned the 240V pump breaker off and the water pressure dropped to zero over 3-5 minutes, so the water's draining back through the pump.
Clearly the 30+ year old submersible pump is on its last legs.
Question: Any opinions about US residential submersible pumps? Brands to use or brands not to use?
Dan
I turned the 240V pump breaker off and the water pressure dropped to zero over 3-5 minutes, so the water's draining back through the pump.
Clearly the 30+ year old submersible pump is on its last legs.
Question: Any opinions about US residential submersible pumps? Brands to use or brands not to use?
Dan