flyerdan
Veteran Member
I have my outside faucets on a well, which is located in a bedroom closet under the floor, not the most ideal place to work. It had been working fine until recently when a motor issue started kicking the shutdown on the motor. Pulled it and fixed a couple of wires going from the pressure switch to the motor board, and replacing the rear bearing which was making metal. Runs great now, and after replacing an eroded foot valve that wouldn't hold a column of water, got it to prime and pump.
Now it runs up to 20 pounds on the gauge and stays there, whether an outside tap is on or not. I'm sure that I lost the air charge in the tank, but it has no schrader valve, never did, and it worked fine, off at about 50 psi and on at 30. I had this happen before when I had to pull it to replace the ceramic pump seals, but forgot how I got it to charge, I think it just started working somehow.
There are four unused ports, visible in the picture, two on the side near the bottom, one higher up which is almost up against the 2x4 brace, and one on the top. I really hate the idea of trying to remove one of those plugs, as the tank is unsecured and I don't want to risk breaking the bottom pipe and causing more problems. Plus, it doesn't leak and holds pressure now. If adding a schrader valve is necessary, could it be done through a T behind the union at the pump outlet? The gate valve shuts off flow to the outside, so any air would have to go into the tank.
Now it runs up to 20 pounds on the gauge and stays there, whether an outside tap is on or not. I'm sure that I lost the air charge in the tank, but it has no schrader valve, never did, and it worked fine, off at about 50 psi and on at 30. I had this happen before when I had to pull it to replace the ceramic pump seals, but forgot how I got it to charge, I think it just started working somehow.
There are four unused ports, visible in the picture, two on the side near the bottom, one higher up which is almost up against the 2x4 brace, and one on the top. I really hate the idea of trying to remove one of those plugs, as the tank is unsecured and I don't want to risk breaking the bottom pipe and causing more problems. Plus, it doesn't leak and holds pressure now. If adding a schrader valve is necessary, could it be done through a T behind the union at the pump outlet? The gate valve shuts off flow to the outside, so any air would have to go into the tank.