water pressure systems?

Question

How do I set the pressure in a home water pressure tank system

This is a home pressure system, on a well. I seem to be getting a variation on tap pressure-high and low, and finding more sediment in the filter.

Answer 1

Call your plumber, if there is a change of water pressure, it could be a big problem, or a minor one, but it is better to get it looked at by a professional.
If you are losing alot of pressure you could have a big leak somewhere. And your water bill (if you dont have a well) can be reflected by it.

Answer 2

Ok, there are some variables here. Where does your water come from? Does it come from a water tower, or a tank on a hill elevated above you, or from simply the pressure provided by city water pumps? There is a VAST difference in how your house is piped depending on the source. In my case, we used to have a well system with pumps which pumped water uphill under pressure to my house. Later a water main was put in on the street and I was hooked to that rather than the well pumps directly, but the well pumps supplied the water main, so it worked in almost exactly the same manner as when I was hooked directly to the wellpump outlet. (They pulled out the direct well pump piping when they put in the main) Later, they put in a tank over my house on top of the hill above ne and used the pumps to fill the tank and my water main switched from the well pumps to the gravity fed tank from the top of the hill. This meant a constant pressure from the head (pressure) provided by the tank rather than the variable output of the pumps. When they made my house, they put big tanks (20 gallons or so, air loaded) in the eaves of the house, accumulators filled with half air, a "surge tank" of sorts. The tanks in the eaves provided a source of water when the pressure in the main in the street was low for one reason or another, like when a neighbor flushed a toilet. You've had that happen, someone flushes a toilet and momentarily the water goes really hot or cold when the pressure lowers as the toilet opens to refill the tank with cold water. Ouch! With my own house accumulators, surge tanks, the effect of a neighbor flushing a toilet was minimized as the surge tanks picked up the slack.The problem, they lose the air pressure which makes them work, which I found out the hard way. I finally hired a plumber who educated me on the useage of the tanks and that I periodically needed to recharge the air pressure to keep them working as designed. A typical bicycle pump is all that is needed maybe once a year to recharge the pressure. It is an easy thing to do, but it DOES need to be done periodically as the system leaks air.

OK, so what you need in more information on the design of your system Does it require an air charge to work properly? If so, then you need to determine the air pressure to charge your system to. And, you need to know something about the valve which regulates pressure in your piping. All pressure tank systems have a regulator valve of some kind, usually a mechanical valve which is spring loaded. But... that spring can "tire" with age and will adjust itselt as the spring weakens. So, sometimes, it simply needs to be torqued down a bit to up the pressure back to normal,or it may need to be replaced entirely. Either way, the regulator valve controls the pressure at the faucets and the rest of your plumbing. If you need more pressure, torque down on the setting screw, if you need less (unlikely from your question) back off on the adjusting screw. There is a screw adjustment. It may be under a cap of some kind of a cover, but there IS an adjustment on the regulating valve which controls the pressure in your system.

Bottom line: you need more information before you can determine the correct course of action, the correct air pressure in your accumulator tanks, the correct setting for the regulator valve, and where your water actually comes from.

Answer 3

How to set preasure= there are tension screws at the on/ off/ preasure control switch(the first place where your wires go(and where the black tubeing gos) Not knowing what make/model/submersible or jet your pump is makes it hard but most have a high preasure shut off screw (which you would un screw) How ever if you sometimes have good preasure that is not your problem.You may be pumping your well dry(if it takes a long time for the pump to cut off)

Answer 4

Sounds like you are on a well and the well point is allowing sediment to pass.

Answer 5

is this domestic water system or heating water???