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New Pressure Switch won't turn off submersible water pump.

  • 28-06-2018 7:24am
    #1
    Wilde_37
    Registered Users Posts: 102 ✭✭


    HI
    About 3 weeks ago I realised I had no water. When I checked the pressure in the shed it read at zero. I opened the pressure switch and manually activated it - it went up to 5.5 Bar (about 80 PSI) but did not cut out.   I bought a new Square D pressure switch and installed it.  But it keeps the pump running all the time - The pressure is still going up to 5.5 Bar and the pump is not cutting out.  (I turned it off after 5 minutes because I was afraid it might get damaged)
    Thinking that the new pressure switch was faulty, I replaced it with another new one.  Same result.   I am now controlling the pump at the main switch as I am afraid to leave it running all the time.  This of course means that I have to manually turn it on and off when using water.  
    The house is 18 years old and the pump is the same age.  The expansion tank is only 2 years old. The pressure switch is new (I have not adjusted it in any way from factory settings). 
    I'd appreciate any suggestions.


Comments

  • #2
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,305 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Perhaps get someone who does pumps to have a look. There might be a fault that would be missed by the untrained eye.
    It’s no time to be without water.

    Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"



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