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On 30 Aug 2006 07:21:31 -0700, wrote:

Hi,
I was taking a shower this morning and suddenly the water stopped
coming out.
A few seconds went by then the water started up again.

Then a minute later it shut off again!

I got out and tried the sink. No water. No Hot or Cold.

A few minutes later the water was back on and stayed on.

I am at a loss.

The water pressure seemed fine until it stopped, so I didn't notice any
slow down in the water before it shut off.

The well tank is new. The pump is 10 Years old.

The well pump was not running when I went down to check it. The well
tank pressure was in the middle around "6" (60psi?)

I am really confused. I would suspect the tank, but the pressure seemed
fine up till it went off. I would suspect the pump, but why wouldn't
the tank compensate for the pump?

Could there be some other faulty valve involved? A backflow preventor
failure or something?

Sounds like a bad pressure switch. You should also check the bladder
tank precharge since that can burn up a switch pretty fast ... along
with the pump.

Thanks, I guess I will contact the guy who replaced the tank and ask
him to check it.
Am I right in thinking that this doesn't really sound like the pump is
the problem?