Ok my water pressure switch got fired i never change one. So I tried to because I know icould get any one to fix it on a holiday I Got a 20-40 pressure switch I think maybe i didnt get enough psi because it turns on for like 4 min and than shuts off my wife wants me to call someone to fix it but i dont wana end up getting F** for a huge charge it might be under warrntey but i already repalced a part of the orginal set up so any one know what up o yeah and its like clickclickclickclick holy S#$% iam pissed and the lights are going in and out nsync with the clickclickclick any one please help!!!!!
2007-05-28 14:31:58 · 3 answers · asked by armytruck 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Sounds like more than the pressure switch got fried. Be prepared to pull the pump out of the well. Sorry!
2007-05-28 14:48:35 · answer #1 · answered by Bart S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a water well? You not say where this is. The Holding Tank is where the problem is.
TWO types of tanks.
(1) It the "Plain Jane", have a valve on top to add air pressure (Like on a car Tire). What I do on these. Just turn off the pump and turn on a faucet. Add air until the faucet sputter (Bicycle Pump). Close the faucet and turn the pump back on. Usually this add enough air to work better. A compressor and tire gage work better.
(2) Some tanks have an Air Bladder (More new). Here you add the air pressure and you
use an Air Gage. I usually add around 30-40 PSI. BUT!!!!!!! This should never need to be recharged like the #1 above. If, it does, the bladder is bad and you need to replace the tank.
The reason #1 need recharged; from time to time, the air will disolve into the water. I say it work like an air bubble in an Aquarium.
2007-05-28 21:52:00 · answer #2 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the moment and its a holiday again, is that tomorrow will be here soon enough and its better to get the right 'estimate' than to go on with what may blow you pump 150 ft down into the ground, so step up to the plate and fix the blatter in the tank now and save yourself a lot of grief and aggravation later.
trust me it would be better to fix the tank valves & gages then to go into the well and pull the pump later to get a new one.
I spent 75 bucks for an electrocial prob 2 yrs ago, but on another spent 3k for the pump, had to pull it 144' and it took all day
2007-05-28 21:41:22 · answer #3 · answered by ticketoride04 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋