On Aug 3, 7:30*pm, "RBM" wrote:
"Wade Lippman" wrote in message

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With the valve to the house shut off, my pump comes on at 20psi, takes a
minute to pump up to 42psi, shuts off, and takes 4 minutes to work down to
20psi, ad infinitum.

I have a large diameter pipe that sticks out of the ground about a food..
At ground level inside the pipe is a metal box that says Square D. *About
two feet below that a white plastic box is attached to the side of the
pipe; presumably the pipe to the house comes out of the plastic box. *A
stream of water is coming out of the side of the box.

The cap to the well says I have a Franklin submersible 2 wire 120v 7a
pump.

I normally do all my own plumbing (I've installed water heaters and
pressure reduction valves....), but obviously don't know anything about
wells. Presumably the plastic box is cracked and has to be replaced, but I
am not even sure how to get at it.

Any help, or even links to good websites, would be appreciated.

In the mean while, we only have the pump on about 3 days a week, and it
only runs 25% of the time, so that is like leaving a 100w bulb on. *That's
not so bad, is it? *Reason I mention this is that the pump was old when we
bought the house 20 years ago. *If it is not something I can fix, it might
be cost effective to just let it run until the pump dies and then have a
plumber fix everything at once, rather than coming out twice.

You may have a broken pitless adapter, which is a two part 90 degree fitting
that's threaded through the well casing below the frost level . The second
part is attached to the top of the pipe from the well pump and slip fit into
the part fixed in the casing. The part in the casing is attached to the pipe
going to the house. You'll need to dig down to the pitless adapter fitting
to replace it. Here is a link to one:http://plumbing.hardwarestore.com/52...ir-parts/pitle...



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I was going to say "Maybe something froze and then cracked open?".
3 x 24 hours = 72
25% x 72 = 18 hours.
Assuming it is a one quarter HP pump?
And assuming electricity costs you ten cents per kilowatt hour?
Then each hour of operating will cost approx. 760/(4x1000) x 10 =
about 2 cents per hour.
And for say 18 hours maybe 30 to 60 cents.
But the wear and tear on the pump, extended damage to it and system
and/or wasted water??????? Incalculable! Fix it.