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Very much not in my experience: well pumps, especially submersibles, are meant to pump a pressure tank to a specific level and then stop, and only come on when water is run; real irrigation pumps are meant to run constantly, but that's not what residential pumps do. The worst thing is when the pump is short-cycling- that burns out the electric motor really fast, unless the switch goes first. Having a residential pump run all the time increases the wear rate of parts in sandy wells (most Wetside wells have at least some sand) and kills you with the power bill: our pump bill went from $9 a month to $150 when we developed a hole in the suspension pipe.
(I've been responsible for pump replacements here for over thirty years now, and it's a set of lessons I've learned the hard way).
uh oh... Well now I know what's happening to my well pump!! I did use it for lawn and garden watering this year, cause our irrigation pump was down!! Now it's doing this pressure on, pressure off thing, you can watch the water pressure in the faucets in the sinks and in the shower!! I told my husband, we better get some one out to at least look at it and give us an estimate, before it's too late. Not that we have the money to replace it!!
Check the pressure tank make sure you have proper amount of air in it. That is most likely the source of your problem and is easy to solve unless you have a ruptured bladder or leak in the system. Did I mention that I spent 13 years as a pump tech?
Very much not in my experience: well pumps, especially submersibles, are meant to pump a pressure tank to a specific level and then stop, and only come on when water is run; real irrigation pumps are meant to run constantly, but that's not what residential pumps do. The worst thing is when the pump is short-cycling- that burns out the electric motor really fast, unless the switch goes first. Having a residential pump run all the time increases the wear rate of parts in sandy wells (most Wetside wells have at least some sand) and kills you with the power bill: our pump bill went from $9 a month to $150 when we developed a hole in the suspension pipe.
(I've been responsible for pump replacements here for over thirty years now, and it's a set of lessons I've learned the hard way).
uh oh... Well now I know what's happening to my well pump!! I did use it for lawn and garden watering this year, cause our irrigation pump was down!! Now it's doing this pressure on, pressure off thing, you can watch the water pressure in the faucets in the sinks and in the shower!! I told my husband, we better get some one out to at least look at it and give us an estimate, before it's too late. Not that we have the money to replace it!!
Check the pressure tank make sure you have proper amount of air in it. That is most likely the source of your problem and is easy to solve unless you have a ruptured bladder or leak in the system. Did I mention that I spent 13 years as a pump tech?
