My house seems to have quite low water pressure its large in size and I was never sure if that was the real reason why we have low water pressure. The shower being my wife's my gripe even with no shower head the shower in our main bathroom was pretty poor in terms of flowing and even with the flow restrictor removed the shower head does did seem to move much water.
My pressure switch is is a 20/40 and it was set to 30/50, today I changed it to 40/68 and I have noticed that the shower is running a little better.
What I am worried about is if my pump can handle the increased PSI, I found that at 70+ the pump did not seem to kick off and ran for a long time hence why I turned it down and ended at 68 PSI.
My pump is at 320ft and the pump rate is 10 GPM with a static water level of 100ft.
Do I need to turn down the pressure ? Can I turn up the pressure or was I right in turning it down a little ?
The well is outside but the pressure tank is inside one strange thing that I don't see is a one way value I was expecting to see some thing that might stop the water running backwards would that help build up the pressure ?
My pressure switch is is a 20/40 and it was set to 30/50, today I changed it to 40/68 and I have noticed that the shower is running a little better.
What I am worried about is if my pump can handle the increased PSI, I found that at 70+ the pump did not seem to kick off and ran for a long time hence why I turned it down and ended at 68 PSI.
My pump is at 320ft and the pump rate is 10 GPM with a static water level of 100ft.
Do I need to turn down the pressure ? Can I turn up the pressure or was I right in turning it down a little ?
The well is outside but the pressure tank is inside one strange thing that I don't see is a one way value I was expecting to see some thing that might stop the water running backwards would that help build up the pressure ?