Posted by LJD on November 23, 2011 at 10:36:10 from (72.171.0.144):
In Reply to: Need help- well pump posted by jose bagge on November 23, 2011 at 10:18:41:
Yes, I've had something similar happen a few times. Check valve in the pump leaked and the water in the pipe coming up drains back to the bottom after sitting for awhile. But it always worked if I let it run long enough. Just had to fill up 150 feet of pipe before anything came out the faucet. By the time the check valve sticks, it might be time for a new pump. But 10 years is "almost new" for a sumberged pump. I changed my pump here last year. The one I pulled out was installed in 1959. I also changed out my ex-wife's pump last year. It was put into the well in 1979. Wasn't even a pump problem. The wires broke because the rubber twist-shock restraint wasn't installed correctly.
Same leak-down thing happens with in-house Jet pumps when the footvalve down in the well goes bad.
In your case?? If the well was dry, it OUGHT to work right away after sitting and then , run out.
If the well was low, your water ought to look cloudy, sandy, murky, whatever. I don't know what kind of ground you've got. A well pump is never supposed to be at the bottom. It needs to be up a bit so it doesn't suck up mud and sand. When a well gets low though, it gets into the pump anyway. That is unless you're in solid rock. Rock usually does not bear water though.
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