beowulf
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- Central California Foothills
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Background: Our well was put in about 31 years ago. About 22gpm - well depth at 450' and pump set at about 430'. I am guessing it is a fairly standard set up. Bladder tank, relief valve, pressure switch, service disconnect. We replaced the pump about 10 years ago, otherwise no other attention has been needed except to file the pressure relief switch contacts from time to time (and once to clean out a nest of ants), and to change the service disconnect after I discovered to my great surprise it did not shut off the current (that is another story).
Anyway, because I recently had to file the pressure relief switch contacts twice within a month, I decided to inspect and then replace the very old pressure relief switch. I did that, and all again works well except that it seems the pressure to the house and far-out-lying bibs is a bit less. It seems to be shutting off at about 55 lbs.
So my questions: What pressure is recommended for this set up? (I vaguely recall it is supposed to have, or did originally have, a 40 to 60 lb low to high range range). Also, I think the new switch came set at an 80 lb shutoff before I monkeyed with it to turn it down - thinking that was too high - but maybe not?
Is the pressure setting related to the particular bladder tank we have, or independent of that?
I know you can set the low and high ends of the cycling, but don't recall which of the two spring set ups is for which and which way to turn to make those adjustments (CW or CCW). No instructions found with the new switch, and can't read the label inside the pressure switch cover. But I have played around with this to set pressures, but a quick reminder here would be helpful. Otherwise I will play around with the switch to figure it out.
Thanks for any help.
Anyway, because I recently had to file the pressure relief switch contacts twice within a month, I decided to inspect and then replace the very old pressure relief switch. I did that, and all again works well except that it seems the pressure to the house and far-out-lying bibs is a bit less. It seems to be shutting off at about 55 lbs.
So my questions: What pressure is recommended for this set up? (I vaguely recall it is supposed to have, or did originally have, a 40 to 60 lb low to high range range). Also, I think the new switch came set at an 80 lb shutoff before I monkeyed with it to turn it down - thinking that was too high - but maybe not?
Is the pressure setting related to the particular bladder tank we have, or independent of that?
I know you can set the low and high ends of the cycling, but don't recall which of the two spring set ups is for which and which way to turn to make those adjustments (CW or CCW). No instructions found with the new switch, and can't read the label inside the pressure switch cover. But I have played around with this to set pressures, but a quick reminder here would be helpful. Otherwise I will play around with the switch to figure it out.
Thanks for any help.