Greetings,
I have a water well in my house and a pressure tank with a bladder. My pressure switch is set to kick on at 40psi and kick off at 60psi. It has been working fine for years but recently the pump has been kicking on about every ten minutes regardless if we are using any water or not. The tank kicks on at 40psi (just like it should) but seems to turn off at around 55psi and drop relatively quickly down to 50psi, then it slowly bleeds down to 40psi and kicks back on. We do have a leaky kitchen faucet but it only drips and I really don't think that it is using all of the water in the tank in a 10 minute time frame. I have checked all over the house and nothing else appears to be leaking. Anybody have any ideas on why this might be happening? The pressure in the bladder is properly inflated to 38psi and the tank and pressure switch are only a few years old. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
I have a water well in my house and a pressure tank with a bladder. My pressure switch is set to kick on at 40psi and kick off at 60psi. It has been working fine for years but recently the pump has been kicking on about every ten minutes regardless if we are using any water or not. The tank kicks on at 40psi (just like it should) but seems to turn off at around 55psi and drop relatively quickly down to 50psi, then it slowly bleeds down to 40psi and kicks back on. We do have a leaky kitchen faucet but it only drips and I really don't think that it is using all of the water in the tank in a 10 minute time frame. I have checked all over the house and nothing else appears to be leaking. Anybody have any ideas on why this might be happening? The pressure in the bladder is properly inflated to 38psi and the tank and pressure switch are only a few years old. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!