Hi guys, new here to the forum but hoping you can help me out.
Last week I went down to my basement and noticed the pressure switch on my well was dripping water. It's about 12 years old so I just took it off, went down to my local plumbing supply store and got a replacement. I noticed my pressure gauge was not working so I replaced that as well.
Everything went fine but I noticed something and wanted to make sure it is normal. My pressure switch is a 40/60 switch, same as the old one. Now that I have a working pressure gauge I see that the well pump properly kicks on at 40lbs, fills up to 60 and cuts off. The pressure gauge then slowly drops to about 52 pounds and holds there. Is this normal or should the pressure hold at 60 until someone uses some water? Is there some settling that happens when the tank fills up that balances the pressure out to the 52 lbs or is there something else going on?
Thanks in advance!
Last week I went down to my basement and noticed the pressure switch on my well was dripping water. It's about 12 years old so I just took it off, went down to my local plumbing supply store and got a replacement. I noticed my pressure gauge was not working so I replaced that as well.
Everything went fine but I noticed something and wanted to make sure it is normal. My pressure switch is a 40/60 switch, same as the old one. Now that I have a working pressure gauge I see that the well pump properly kicks on at 40lbs, fills up to 60 and cuts off. The pressure gauge then slowly drops to about 52 pounds and holds there. Is this normal or should the pressure hold at 60 until someone uses some water? Is there some settling that happens when the tank fills up that balances the pressure out to the 52 lbs or is there something else going on?
Thanks in advance!