Wow, I forgot this forum for the last 4 hours desperately searching for help and getting the same old advice that doesn't apply to my situation. In the worst pinches, this site has solved them each time so here goes.

I've never had a problem with any parts of the well in 20 years except when a plumber replaced the gauge that reads the pressure about 10 years ago. He may have put in a pressure switch but not sure.

So the electric went out for about 32 hours and came back on everywhere else in the house about 4 hours ago. I thought I heard the toilet running and was anxious to flush and it flushed okay but barely refilled. Now since I've never had an issue, I haven't had to educate myself about it so just figured pressure had to build up in the pressure tank a while. After a half hour the toilet had not received but a few drops more and water level in the bowl didn't rise.

Power outage was not caused by lightning so breaker marked 'well pump' was on. To be sure I flipped it off and back on again. There is no fuse involved in the well system. The gauge said 48. Some, but not normal pressurized water came out of the laundry sink faucet beside the pressure tank. After 5 Seconds it trickled but the gauge stays at 48. It is still at 48 with no water from taps. There is no lever on the pressure switch-gray box, that most the advice is to restart after power outage by lifting that Allen key looking thing--it doesn't have one. I'm afraid to mess with it like opening and closing the bottom contact plate but if I have to I will.

There is absolutely no reset button whatsoever on the pressure switch or the pressure gauge! I also see absolutely nothing on the tank except a place to put an air pressure gauge. I'm a disabled vet into the third day without water, need it badly and do not think I can afford Pump Service so late in the month. I left the breaker off for the night after reading so much about the pump burning up.

Thank you!

Update:. Late this morning and the toilet bowl was full. It completed a weaker than normal flush and a slower than normal but full refill. When I turned on the kitchen faucet tap all the way it ran like it was turned on low. I didn't risk running it more than about 10 seconds. Go back to the basement the pressure gauge is still reading 48 and I turned on the water pump breaker again. Sounds like it needs to build pressure but not sure how it can do it with the gauge stuck at 48.



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You have to find out why the gauge is stuck at 48, because if that is REALLY the pressure in the tank, the pump will NOT start, and you then have to figure out why the water is NOT leaving the tank.