I can hear feel the pump cycle on for several seconds then off for a bit longer, but the pressure switch is engaged. Can't figure out what is causing the pump to cycle? Could it be the controller? June 9, Jeannie D said: My question is we have a ft. The water presser in the shower comes and goes. We had the well pump changed in becuase it quit. I would love to fix the problem we have company coming but my husband refuses to have someone check it out and says there is drought.
We have water, just can't run two things at the same time. I say there is something else wrong. Can you please help.! When your well pump is a submersible unit, as it is inisde the well you'll never hear the pump itself. But you may hear one or even two well pump relay switches that click when the pump is started or stopped.
If your well pump is a small horsepower unit the pressure control switch on or close to your water pressure tank turns the pump on and off in response to water pressure - and the relay may emit a click at the start and stop of the run cycle. If your pump is a higher horsepower unit your pressure control switch in turn operates a separate, heavy duty well pump relay switch usually mounted nearby, and that switch is what actually turns the pump on or off. The smaller switch can't handle high amps switching without risking burning the contact points, so two relays are used.
If you hear the clicks very frequently, say every 20 seconds or less, your pump is turning on and off too frequently - search InspectApedia for "well pump short cycling" for diagnosis and cure advice if needed. Sept 5, Corey M said: I have a dug well that is just over 30ft deep. Due to an unusually dry summer I have had my well run dry several times four teenage daughters! This includes aquarium filters, sewage pumping, or sump pumps for drainage. Multiple stage pumps are used for anything underground, such as water wells or oil wells.
Also, pumps are made to work with thin liquids like water, or thick ones like sewage. Caution must be used with submersible pumps; they must be fully submerged. The water around a submersible pump actually helps to cool the motor.
If your area doesn't have a high water table, or if it lacks a stable supply of potable water near the surface, you must dig deeper to achieve the same result. And because a deep well means that the water has to be lifted farther, the strategies for moving it change. These days, the most common pump for a shallow well is a jet pump. Jet pumps are mounted above the well, either in the home or in a well house, and draw the water up from the well through suction see Single-Drop Jet-Pump System diagram on next page.
Because suction is involved, atmospheric pressure is what's really doing the work. Think of the system as a long straw. As you suck on the straw, you create a vacuum in the straw above the water. Once the vacuum is there, the weight of the air, or atmospheric pressure, pushes the water up the straw.
Consequently, the height that you can lift the water with a shallow-well jet pump relates to the weight of the air. While air pressure varies with elevation, it's common to limit the depth of a jet-pump-operated shallow well to about 25 ft. Jet pumps create suction in a rather novel way. The pump is powered by an electric motor that drives an impeller, or centrifugal pump.
The impeller moves water, called drive water, from the well through a narrow orifice, or jet, mounted in the housing in front of the impeller. This constriction at the jet causes the speed of the moving water to increase, much like the nozzle on a garden hose.
As the water leaves the jet, a partial vacuum is created that sucks additional water from the well. Directly behind the jet is a Venturi tube that increases in diameter. Its function is to slow down the water and increase the pressure. The pumped water—new water that's drawn from the well by the suction at the jet—then combines with the drive water to discharge into the plumbing system at high pressure. Regular plumbing inspections will provide you with peace of mind and save you money by pinpointing and addressing small issues quickly, before they turn into full-blown disasters.
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