My well pump sage

[GSSFC]

Guess this belongs here...kinda! My house also supplies the shop water, so I can't wash my hands.

Today we lost water in the house. I check the breaker, nope not tripped. I check the pressure in the tank...0. I check the pressure switch, yep calling to water. Pull the head off the well, yep power to the leads. Figured the pump failed. Get to the hardware store 2 minutes before they close so I can buy a piece of pipe to pull the pump. Get home pull the pump and practically have a heart attack in the process. Run down to HD and buy a new pump. Get it all put back together, checked continuity of the wires before hand, tested the new pump, dropped it back in the well. New pump no work. WTF.

I grab the old pump and wire it to a welder plug in the shop...fires right up.

Guess I am pulling the pump again tomorrow. Good thing I dropped a gallon of bleach down the well before I sealed it up, those clothes will be junk.

Tim

 

[rodnok1]

Sounds like voltage drop is a possibility to the well, maybe the wiring is degraded??

 

[GSSFC]

It's only 13 years old, and everything "looked" ok. Worked great until lunchtime today.

Tim

 

[larry_g]

Is this a cap start and cap run motor with a control box on the wall? Have you checked both caps and the start relay? Did your new pump come with a new control box? Its been a while since I had to trouble shoot mine but it was all done from the control box checking for opens, shorts, and the correct resistance of the motor windings. If I remember all the trouble shooting was in the manual.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[GSSFC]

Its a 2 wire...no control box. Only 1/2hp, well is about 150' deep.

Tim