On 10/30/2011 11:35 AM, Karl Townsend wrote:
On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:10:59 -0700, Paul Drahn
wrote:

On 10/30/2011 8:46 AM, Karl Townsend wrote:
Got water again. SHMBO is happy. I guess I'll never teach her to crap
in a bucketVBG I feel kind of dumb. The control box has motor
overloads. Only had the pump since '82 and didn't know that. At least
it was a cheap fix.

OK, the problem was short cycling. Air bladders out of air and pump
running 15 seconds to make pressure. I'd like to build a better mouse
trap. I'm thinking of a short cycle alarm. Get a timer relay that
trips when power is applied. If power drops before timer runs out,
apply power to buzzer. Should be just a few relays and wiring. But my
brain is pea size when it comes to EE logic. Can somebody draw this
up? Or, I'm open to another idea.

Karl

Karl.
My suggestion is to replace the pressure tank with one of a better
quality. The water well system on this place is about the same age as yours.

The first owner replace the pump once due to pipe freezing at top of
well. We replace pump two years ago due to sand blocking. The pressure
tank has never been replaced.

My neighbor has replaced his tank twice in the same time frame but used
cheap tanks.

I can look up the name/part number if you are interested.

Paul

yea, we already looked them up. Two 120 gallon tanks at $800 each.
Plus, I can see the plumbing would never come apart. I'm guessing a
couple hundred here for new fittings and pipe. This is a five horse
well and two inch plumbing.

Anyway, keeping them topped with air will have to do for a while. I've
been doing this 1/year with no trouble. I might have forgot last year.
Karl
You got me curious, so I got the brochure from the well file. It is a
WELL-X-TROL by Amtrol, Inc. Probably their WX-251 unit. They are
permanently pressurized at the factory. Ours has been emptied many times
for various reasons and have never had a problem.

Paul