inthefield
Red Skull Member
The house I'm in is on well water, and apart from changing a few filters twice a year it's been pretty reliable until now.
Current setup as follows:
300' Hole w/ a variable speed Goulds pump at the 260' mark
Aquavar Solo controlller panel
Small (Like 3 Gallon) pressure tank that was put in place to maintiain pressure on startup
Last Thursday it threw an over current alarm for the well pump, and it's been randomly doing that ever since, on what I would define as extended usage (multiple loads of laundry, a load of dishes and a few back to back showers) When I kill the main valve and power cycle the controller it puts about 40 PSI on the l line, and then about a minute later there's a loud bang and the pressure comes to what is normal (70 PSI)
So far I've thrown new filters in after the main, which it was due for anyway, and ran about 300 gallons out of a dump right after my meter ( figured something may be jammed up in the pump and I was trying to flush it) when I was dumping water at full capacity I put a stop watch on it and it flowed 13GPM.
Any other hail mary fixes I should try? I've got the service company coming out tomorrow @ 9.
Current setup as follows:
300' Hole w/ a variable speed Goulds pump at the 260' mark
Aquavar Solo controlller panel
Small (Like 3 Gallon) pressure tank that was put in place to maintiain pressure on startup
Last Thursday it threw an over current alarm for the well pump, and it's been randomly doing that ever since, on what I would define as extended usage (multiple loads of laundry, a load of dishes and a few back to back showers) When I kill the main valve and power cycle the controller it puts about 40 PSI on the l line, and then about a minute later there's a loud bang and the pressure comes to what is normal (70 PSI)
So far I've thrown new filters in after the main, which it was due for anyway, and ran about 300 gallons out of a dump right after my meter ( figured something may be jammed up in the pump and I was trying to flush it) when I was dumping water at full capacity I put a stop watch on it and it flowed 13GPM.
Any other hail mary fixes I should try? I've got the service company coming out tomorrow @ 9.