I swear we just had a thread on this, or at least this was contained in another thread, but I can't find it.
Since I was working on my well today it made me go check my tank. For a 65 lb cut off switch I have 48 lbs of air pressure. Shouldn't that be higher?
I can find nothing in the tank literature that says.
Had the tank just been filled and no one had drawn any water yet? The well pump will run until the tank has reached some high pressure, then it will drop as people turn on faucets or flush toilets, and eventually it will drop down to the level where the pump will start again and the cycle will repeat.
Datsun1500 wrote: Should be 2 pounds less than cut on. Measured empty. Most switches are 20 pound swings, so yours is actually too high (unless you measured while full, then it's close)
Agree
Deplete all water pressure in the system and inflate the bladber to just below switch cut-on pressure.
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/surging-water-pressure-any-plumbers-here/59919/page1/
I remembered the 2# number, but was thinking it was 2# higher than full pressure.
My pressure was checked just as the pump kicked off.
Now to figure out at what pressure it kicks in and then check the pressure. Thanks guys.
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