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ojunk (BGBevill) wrote:

Hiya, Bobby.

Without thinking about it too hard, I would suspect the check valve between
the tank and well head is not holding--this causes leakage at this point
and has the effect of spinning the pump turbines backwardes and at startup
the cooresponding hi amps draw ( yes in this situation its acting as an
unregulated alternator untill connected ) is very hard on the pressure
switch contact points.

HTH

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SVL

Thanks for your response. I have let it sit and watched the pressure gauge
and
it does seem to be holding pressure just fine. We did put in a new check
valve
when we changed the pump for what it is worth.

Another thing to try is putting a small condenser across the points to
supress arcing. AC condenser, twice the voltage than your supply.

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