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Doug Miller Doug Miller is offline
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Default Well pump comes on after only 2 gallons used???

In article , millinghill wrote:
Check the small diameter line to the pressure switch...perhaps it's
where the problem is.

Otherwise, sounds like classic case of the waterlogged pressure tank.

32 gal isn't real big, a small change in pressure is a good volume.

I'd drain the tank and reset the pressure and see if the symptoms
improve....I'm betting they will.


I'll check the line to the pressure switch (located on the pump).
I don't follow what draining the tank will do. Can you explain?


It'll get rid of the water that's reduced its effective capacity. When the
tank is at (actually, slightly below) the cut-in pressure, there should be
*no* water in it. That's not the case with your tank.