Re: OTQ - How do you charge a pressure tank?

Posted by uglyoldfatman on October 27, 2003 at 16:00:59 from (216.190.135.135):

In Reply to: OTQ - How do you charge a pressure tank? posted by Fargo on October 27, 2003 at 07:29:31:

What are you trying to do?
Is it water loged?
Do you think it just does not have enough pressure?

The pressure on your system will be whatever your cut-off pressure is on the pump.
To change this you must change the setting on the pressure switch.
This pressure should not be much over 45lbs.
You can get it too high for your commode valve to work properly.

If it is water logged, just cut off power, open drain valve and pull one of the plugs close too the top, so it does not create a vaccume. After tank is drained, close valve, put plug back in, and turn on power.
You can also add air to tank, with it full if you have a valve stem installed were one of the top plugs are. Try to stay under 70lbs. and drain off water to get the pressure down to cut-off pressure. This way you can force the level of water down to the proper level. May take more than a few times of airing up.
Water level should be about the lower 1/3, as long as it is above the inlet point.

You can tell the water level by running your hand up and down the side of the tank. There will be a differance in the temp. of the tank, at the water level.

If you have a submerged pump, there is a valve (2) that goes about 12-15 ft. down the pipe, that drains the water out of the pipe when the pump is off, so that every time the pump comes on, it will force air in the tank, and keep it from water-logging. There is a check valve in the tank on this system.

Hope this will help.

UG!

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