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well, pressure, sediment and knocking
Author: sweetgirl (MN) When I flush the toilet, there is sediment on the bottom. The pipes in the basement then make knocking sounds and shake. The pressure also cuts out with showers but returns in a few minutes. The pressure on the pump is 60psi but when we ran the washing machine today it went down to 10psi during the cycle. Any ideas?
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Author: steve (CA) What pressure does the pump nomally turn on at? Was the pump off until 10 psi and then turned on? A lot of times, a delayed pump start is caused by a restriction in the feed to the pressure switch. A vibration when a toilet is flushed is often a bad washer in the toilet fill valve or angle stop.
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Author: sweetgirl (MN) We flushed out the well tank. We are on a 40/60. The well pressure was 60psi so we dropped it to 38psi. It worked for two days and now its back to the same issues.
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Re: well, pressure, sediment and knocking
Author: packy (MA) i'm a city boy and don't know a lot about wells. BUT, the nipple for the pressure switch is a common problem. it gets clogged.
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