I had a new well water system installed with a new 4" Goulds 1/2 HP
submersible pump, 40 gallon pre-pressurized tank, 30/50 pressure
switch. The depth is 30' and I have a good water supply with no
sediment or air pockets in the water draw. The guy who did the work
down and out with a back injury and I need to find a remedy before our
annual wet toga pool party. The pressure is initialy good, however, it
quickly dimenishes to a trickle after 10-15 seconds, the pressure
builds back up fairly qucik but is is anoting to keep waiting for it
to come up. I can see that the siwtch is kicking in the pump at around
30PSI and shutting it off at 50PSI. The problem is the water is
marginally tollerable when I take a shower, I can't rurn on my inside
faucet when the garden hose is running, and I'll be more worried when
I try to clean my second level wood deck with a power washer. I
understand that hte pressure should drop however, I did not expect
that much of a drop. Should I step up the low side pressure or go to a
40/60 pressure switch? Is my inline filter dimenishing the pressure?
What are my options and trouble shooting sceme for this situation?
Cheers

natureboy wrote:

I had a new well water system installed with a new 4" Goulds 1/2 HP
submersible pump, 40 gallon pre-pressurized tank, 30/50 pressure
switch. The depth is 30' and I have a good water supply with no
sediment or air pockets in the water draw. The guy who did the work
down and out with a back injury and I need to find a remedy before our
annual wet toga pool party. The pressure is initialy good, however, it
quickly dimenishes to a trickle after 10-15 seconds, the pressure
builds back up fairly qucik but is is anoting to keep waiting for it
to come up. I can see that the siwtch is kicking in the pump at around
30PSI and shutting it off at 50PSI. The problem is the water is
marginally tollerable when I take a shower, I can't rurn on my inside
faucet when the garden hose is running, and I'll be more worried when
I try to clean my second level wood deck with a power washer. I
understand that hte pressure should drop however, I did not expect
that much of a drop. Should I step up the low side pressure or go to a
40/60 pressure switch? Is my inline filter dimenishing the pressure?
What are my options and trouble shooting sceme for this situation?
Cheers

Bet installing the new pump stirred things up.
Your filter may indeed be clogged and the problem.

Jim