I have a well how can i get more water pressure?
2006-10-12 06:16:40 · 7 answers · asked by lisamarie7901 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Hook your output from the well to a booster pump to jack up your water pressure.
Or if your well is hooked to a storage tank that gravity feeds. Hook the pump to the output of this.
The downside is that you'll be going thru a lot more water this way and the booster pump will cost you in electricity costs.
2006-10-12 06:23:31 · answer #1 · answered by Rafael C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok, so every well I've ever seen works like this....
A pump in the ground puhes water up to a big storage tank. This tank has an air-bladder in it, that pushes the water using air-pressure. If the water pressure is low, it means that the air is not pushing on the water hard enough. Check to make sure the bladder doesn't leak, and check the air-pressure. There's usually a thing that looks just like the valve-stem of a tire right on top of the tank, a regular tire-pressure gauge should work. If the pressure is low, use a tire-pump and fill 'er up.
2006-10-12 13:26:53 · answer #2 · answered by nitrojunkie78 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First locate the pressure control box. This will be a small 1 1/2" by 2 1/12" gray box the pump wires connect to.
I'm going to assume that you have a "square D pumptrol and that it has a 20 PSI cut in and a 40 PSI cut off setting,. First turnoff the power at the breaker box, then pull the cover off the pressure switch and you will see two spring loaded bolts secured with nylon nuts. One tall, one short. To increase the cut in pressure, turn the nut on the tall bolt down. To increase the cut out pressure,(that's the one that will give you more pressure) turn the nut on the short bolt down. This should give you the additional pressure you desire.
A side note on your bladder tank. . Your air setting on the tank should be 2 pounds UNDER the cut in point in the pressure control box. If your pressure control has a 40 PSI cut in and 60 PSI cut out the tank pressure should read 38 PSI. This should be done with the pump off and no pressure in the system. In other words shut the pump off and open a faucet to bleed off the pressure before setting the bladder tank pressure.
2006-10-12 21:16:42 · answer #3 · answered by etcher1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start with checking your pressure tank then the pump and water lines
2006-10-12 13:27:06 · answer #4 · answered by norsmen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a better well pump or install a booster pump in line after your well pump.
2006-10-12 17:29:48 · answer #5 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Install a bigger electrical pump.
2006-10-12 13:24:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no clue, call a well person to help answer that.
2006-10-12 13:23:52 · answer #7 · answered by Grandma of six 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋