How to Troubleshoot a Water Pump
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- In this video I explain in detail how to troubleshoot a water pump. There are a number of possible causes when your water well pump stops working, or doesn't work properly. Learning how to troubleshoot a water well pump correctly means doing some methodical detective work.
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Thanks for this video, woke up to no water. Checked the breaker panel, no blown circuit. Cleaned the switches and it worked, thanks! Gonna have a plumber come and replace it, but have water for now. Really appreciate that.
Man you really dropped that last little bit on us quickly, that was the most informative part, whole video was great but that little bit was a gem!!
Can't thank you enough sir, I honestly thought it was my pump and it turned out to be the capacitor. ( something i'd never heard of) I found a replacement for less than 10 Euros. A lesson learnt, all fixed and ready for Christmas thanks again and Seasons greetings from Lithuania.
Little fuse makes a separate pump protection module similar to the Franklin pumptec protection device that senses dry running (low current), motor stall (high current), high and low line voltage. It can be mounted separately between the disconnect and the pressure switch. It can be used with any control box. My older Franklin box does not have a provision to mount a module internally.
Thank you for your video. Helped me troubleshoot my issue and save me a service call. Ended up being the capacitor. Not exactly as you described, ended up having dried powder drip marks out the top.
Thank you so much, we were gonna spend $1000 on a new pump and you saved us, thank you
Just came across this video and I have not done any testing yet but I have to say your video is excellent and easy to understand.
Good Afternoon Joe! Thanks for your kind words. Has your pump stopped working? That's no fun. Let me know what you're up against. Bye for now, Steve
P.S. I've got a complete water well course online that teaches how to change a pump if you need to. You can see the course here: baileylineroadlearning.com/p/water-well-course
Thank you!! You saved me quite a bit of money with this video.
Thank you so much for your informative video - definitely covered some things that about 15 or so other videos didn’t cover.
Glad it was helpful!
How about it
Thanks for the video. A couple of months ago after I had checked all of the things you mentioned there, I had to spend nearly $800.00 to have the pump pulled. The pump was fine but the electric lines to be pump had failed. After they were replaced the pump worked fine. Unfortunately, I think during the process some iron producing bacteria were introduced so now I have that problem.
Thank ypu for showing the ohms selection,hurray!!!!
I would have also mentioned that some models of meter can test the capacitor directly and also, that it is well worth while to test that electricity is getting to the well head. The electrical failure may very well be between the home and the well head. That can save pulling the pump.
Great information. Thank you. My problem is I have air sputtering from all my faucets. The flow of water volume and pressures are fine but spits air every 10 seconds or so.
"So we really are...Dead. Which is what we wanna be." Hahaha. I know you were talking about the voltage being at 0.00, but damn that was funny; after you wanted multiple layers of safety. Lol. Great video man.
Very helpful! Thank you
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you so much! life saver!
Great information. Thank you.
Very informative. Thank you.
IMPORTANT SIDE NOTE: a pressure switch will usually not get that burnt and full of carbon on their own. You may have an underlying issue like bad pressure tank or a constant leak somewhere (could even be down the well). Check your pressure tank when drained and it shouldn’t feel full of water, if it is then it’s bad. If not full of water then check the schrader valve stem. If you pressure switch is 40-60 psi then the air needs to be 38psi. These bad things things cause your switch to quick cycle and can ruin your new pump FAST!
Thank you
Great video! Found my problem blown capacitor. Do I have to replace the entire control box when that happens? I was looking online for capacitors and It doesn't look like you can buy just the capacitor or am I wrong? Could you please point me to a place that would sell them if I am? Thanks again!
Cold weather below 20 a few days and then it stopped working .
I have no water coming out of the faucets. But pressure is fine. I think it’s around 40 psi. I have 2 wells. I have 2 water pumps. How can both pumps fail at the same time. Any help will be appreciated. Please help.
what if you have a well but cannot find a control box what should i do my pump is trying to kick but is not kicking over?????
Your pump no recuaer a control box, only have 2 and a ground wires. The control box is already inside the submersible pump
Mine doesn’t have a gauge
Lol that cap won’t hurt you
Put a charge on it and touch it for demonstration