I'm in NC. I have a free-standing garage with an apartment over it that is served by its own well. We bought the property in 2008 and the apartment was very lightly used. It's still very lightly used and I'd guess the well pump cyles maybe 20-30 times per YEAR, the use is so light. The garage is on its second pump since the original pump failed in 2016. The well is 505' deep with a static level of 40'. The yield is 2 GPM. The pump is set at 480'. It's a Myers 2ST102-5PLUS-P4-2 which is 1hp and rated at 5 gpm. It's on poly pipe, which, based on what I've read on this and other forums, I guess it should be on PVC pipe at that depth. But, the well pump guy who installed the Myers pump replaced the original poly pipe with new poly pipe, and I did not know anything about well pump installations at that time, so it is what it is. It's worked fine with no problems. I replaced the 44 gallon pressure tank with a new Amtrol Well-X-Trol 44 gallon tank last year. OK, that's the background.
We built a new house on the property and it has its own well. After that well pump failed after only 4 years, I learned about the Cycle Stop Valve, and Valveman was very helpful in solving the problem I was having with that well and I installed a Cycle Stop Valve and Cycle Sensor, and those devices have worked great for me. So with the good results I had with the CSV, I wanted to add one to my garage well system, but after consulting Valveman and giving him the specs on that system, it turns out that the back pressure psi that would be created with that pump depth would be too much for the poly pipe to handle, so I did not add a CSV to that system.
I have a semi-pro grade pressure washer that pumps 3 gpm. I wanted to clean the driveway of the garage today, and that would involve running the pressure washer for about 1 hour. I was concerned about possibly damaging the garage well pump by cycling continuously during the hour of use with the pressure washer. But, I think I remember a discussion on this forum where the OP was describing a situation where he was Irrigating (I think) and the consumption of water by the irrigation system pretty much matched the output of his well pump, and as a result, the pressure tank never filled, and the pump was able to run continuously, without ever cycling, and the effect of that matching of pump output with consumption had the same effect of having a Cycle Stop Valve by allowing the pump to run continously.
Well, today, once I began running my pressure washer, I clamped the trigger of the pressure washer gun open and propped it against the side of the building to let it continue to spray, and then I went and watched the pressure gauge on the pressure tank, and like the irrigation example above, my pressure tank never filled and the pressure switch never shut off the pump, so it ran continuously during the hour that I was washing the driveway. I specifically paid attention to keep my finger on the trigger the entire time to keep the pressure washer pumping water so the pressure tank would not fill and trigger the pressure switch to turn off the pump. I did the clamp-the-trigger routine several times during that hour and in all cases, the pressure tank was around 50 psi, never hitting the 60 psi where the pressure switch would shut off.
So, I just want to ask the experts (HELLO VALVEMAN) if I am interpreting what occurred today correctly......that since the pressure tank never filled, my pump was running continuously and I avoided the possible damage to my pump that might have been caused by cycling.
Thanks.
We built a new house on the property and it has its own well. After that well pump failed after only 4 years, I learned about the Cycle Stop Valve, and Valveman was very helpful in solving the problem I was having with that well and I installed a Cycle Stop Valve and Cycle Sensor, and those devices have worked great for me. So with the good results I had with the CSV, I wanted to add one to my garage well system, but after consulting Valveman and giving him the specs on that system, it turns out that the back pressure psi that would be created with that pump depth would be too much for the poly pipe to handle, so I did not add a CSV to that system.
I have a semi-pro grade pressure washer that pumps 3 gpm. I wanted to clean the driveway of the garage today, and that would involve running the pressure washer for about 1 hour. I was concerned about possibly damaging the garage well pump by cycling continuously during the hour of use with the pressure washer. But, I think I remember a discussion on this forum where the OP was describing a situation where he was Irrigating (I think) and the consumption of water by the irrigation system pretty much matched the output of his well pump, and as a result, the pressure tank never filled, and the pump was able to run continuously, without ever cycling, and the effect of that matching of pump output with consumption had the same effect of having a Cycle Stop Valve by allowing the pump to run continously.
Well, today, once I began running my pressure washer, I clamped the trigger of the pressure washer gun open and propped it against the side of the building to let it continue to spray, and then I went and watched the pressure gauge on the pressure tank, and like the irrigation example above, my pressure tank never filled and the pressure switch never shut off the pump, so it ran continuously during the hour that I was washing the driveway. I specifically paid attention to keep my finger on the trigger the entire time to keep the pressure washer pumping water so the pressure tank would not fill and trigger the pressure switch to turn off the pump. I did the clamp-the-trigger routine several times during that hour and in all cases, the pressure tank was around 50 psi, never hitting the 60 psi where the pressure switch would shut off.
So, I just want to ask the experts (HELLO VALVEMAN) if I am interpreting what occurred today correctly......that since the pressure tank never filled, my pump was running continuously and I avoided the possible damage to my pump that might have been caused by cycling.
Thanks.
