Howdy friends!
I've been working on an issue I haven't been able to solve.
Our well is very shallow (it's also all sand), so we have a 1500 gallon water storage tank the well dumps into. In our well house we have a pressure tank, then a pump that pumps water out of the tank into the pressure tank/water line. So we have two pressure switches.
Our pressure is awful even with it set at 40/60. One shower barely is getting water. I think there might be sand in the lines (even though we have a filter). So I have a few questions.
1. Is there a way to get sand/build up out of water lines?
2. When the cut-off happens at 60 PSI, it will drop to 50 almost immediately on the gauge, then it will go from 50-40 slowly, is that normal? If not what is wrong?
3. Is it safe to push the pressure past 60? Our pressure tank is rated to 100 PSI, we are losing some pressure on our water filters we need (UV light)
I've been working on an issue I haven't been able to solve.
Our well is very shallow (it's also all sand), so we have a 1500 gallon water storage tank the well dumps into. In our well house we have a pressure tank, then a pump that pumps water out of the tank into the pressure tank/water line. So we have two pressure switches.
Our pressure is awful even with it set at 40/60. One shower barely is getting water. I think there might be sand in the lines (even though we have a filter). So I have a few questions.
1. Is there a way to get sand/build up out of water lines?
2. When the cut-off happens at 60 PSI, it will drop to 50 almost immediately on the gauge, then it will go from 50-40 slowly, is that normal? If not what is wrong?
3. Is it safe to push the pressure past 60? Our pressure tank is rated to 100 PSI, we are losing some pressure on our water filters we need (UV light)