"Ed Christie" wrote in message
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Some how the water tank loses the air in the tank. After a few months
the well pump starts to short cycle. At this time I remove the plug
that is about halfway up the tank and drain the excess water
out.replace the plug and everything is OK for a few months more.

I can find no where for the air to leak out. It seems like it has to
be at the top of the tank, above the plug that I remove to drain out
the excess water. I don't think that it is the drain plug because as
soon as it gets below the water level if there was any leak, it would
then be water, and I dont see any wet spots.

Any Ideas would be appreciated.

Ed Christie

This is Turtle.

If it is a Bladderless tank as it sounds to be 3 to 6 month time between
draining to get the bladder area to fill with air is not out of normal times to
have to do this. Now if you did get a rubber bladder tank for your use as the
tank. It would be a long time between filling air again for the rubber bladder
usely does not leak and last a long time. Now Bladderless is cheaper to have on
cost to buy.

TURTLE