My outside spickets are on a well. When I have the sprinkler on I get full pressure for about 10-15 minutes, then it drops to about half that. The pump will shut off for only about 5 seconds, then run again. If I turn the sprinkler off for 5 or 10 minutes and turn it back on again, I get my pressure back. The tank pressure is reading 21 psi. The instructions on the tank say it came from the manufacture with 30 psi, and also says that the tank pressure should match the pump in-line pressure, which is reading 45 psi. Is filling the tank my most likely solution? And if so, how many psi should I do? 45 psi seems high, but I really don't know what I'm doing as I'm obviously posing the question here. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Well Pump Pressure is Intermittent
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When you run sprinklers off of “spickets”, it is hard to run enough “spickets” to keep the pump from cycling on and off. So the pump cycles on and off multiple times while the sprinkler is on, until it trips the overload. The overload will auto-reset in a minute or so, and you have “full pressure” back. You either need to run enough “spickets” to keep the pump happy and running full time, or you need to use something like a Cycle Stop Valve to be able to run one or as few a number of sprinklers at a time without the pump cycling itself to death.
A lot of customers tell me they were just running one sprinkler because they didn’t want to hurt their pump. Running one sprinkler is the worst thing you can do to your pump. Pumps like to run 24/7. Cycling on and off, which happens when you don’t run ENOUGH sprinklers at a time, is the biggest killer of pumps.
A lot of customers tell me they were just running one sprinkler because they didn’t want to hurt their pump. Running one sprinkler is the worst thing you can do to your pump. Pumps like to run 24/7. Cycling on and off, which happens when you don’t run ENOUGH sprinklers at a time, is the biggest killer of pumps.
