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Frequently Asked Questions / Which CSV125 would work with my system?
« on: February 23, 2021, 02:32:24 AM »
Hi, I live on a small farm and have a weird setup for my well & pump.
I have a two wheel belted piston pump to draw water up from a well into a cistern. It is controlled by a pressure switch & float lever. At the lower part of the cistern there is a port where the water comes out into 1-1/4" PVC (couplings galore from previous breaks). It elbows up and then sideways and has a brass check valve, then another elbow sideways, then down (which I know is not good because it puts the inlet pipe above the pump-- something I intend to correct) changes to 1-1/4" stainless steel (PVC kept breaking) and in to the inlet side of the pump. Out the top of the pump it has 1" a galvanized steel tee with an ancient pressure gauge & the pump has a 30/50 pressure switch on it but I'm unclear as to how it connects to the rest of the system. The galvanized has a few elbows before it goes to PVC. It has more elbows, a tee where one line splits off to the main water supply & the other goes to more elbows and then the ugly fiberglass pressure tank. I will have to get photos or try to find markings to find out size & capacity. It is larger in girth than the old goulds metal tank. The pump seems to turn on the instant water is turned on and it has been chattering, so I suspect the tank may need replacing but I will probably get a smaller tank available locally if possible.
The repair guy (who is the only one in the area) removed my shutoff from the cistern after several breaks in the pipe & I haven't been able to get him back out to fix leaks or do anything since. I had a new shutoff for him to put in but there was a miscommunication on that.
I have a very convoluted messy setup and I would like to streamline it. I want to get a brass tank tee with pressure gauge, pressure relief, hose bib (pressure tank does not have any of those currently) and possibly a 30/50 switch if it is necessary. I found the whole kit on Amazon for a decent price. I could slap on a ball valve after it.
My pump is a Goulds 1HP model c48A95A06 No. J06853L. Whenever I try to search for it, it comes up with the J10 model so either they don't have specs on that one anymore or it's the equivalent. Not sure.
I'm trying to attach an image of the specs on the side of it. I will also try to attach images of the plumbing layout (it's ugly).
So, my questions:
Which version of the CSV125 should I get?
Where/how would be the best way to install it?
Would it be better off closer to the pump or closer to the tank?
Could I attach it directly to the tank tee on it's inlet side?
Is a pressure on the tank tee after the CSV necessary?
Can I bridge the gap between the steel (I plan to replace galvanized with stainless steel) and the tank tee with 1" PEX?
Or could I have PEX between the CSV and tank tee?
Any advice/suggestions (other than taking a match to this ugly setup)?
I have a two wheel belted piston pump to draw water up from a well into a cistern. It is controlled by a pressure switch & float lever. At the lower part of the cistern there is a port where the water comes out into 1-1/4" PVC (couplings galore from previous breaks). It elbows up and then sideways and has a brass check valve, then another elbow sideways, then down (which I know is not good because it puts the inlet pipe above the pump-- something I intend to correct) changes to 1-1/4" stainless steel (PVC kept breaking) and in to the inlet side of the pump. Out the top of the pump it has 1" a galvanized steel tee with an ancient pressure gauge & the pump has a 30/50 pressure switch on it but I'm unclear as to how it connects to the rest of the system. The galvanized has a few elbows before it goes to PVC. It has more elbows, a tee where one line splits off to the main water supply & the other goes to more elbows and then the ugly fiberglass pressure tank. I will have to get photos or try to find markings to find out size & capacity. It is larger in girth than the old goulds metal tank. The pump seems to turn on the instant water is turned on and it has been chattering, so I suspect the tank may need replacing but I will probably get a smaller tank available locally if possible.
The repair guy (who is the only one in the area) removed my shutoff from the cistern after several breaks in the pipe & I haven't been able to get him back out to fix leaks or do anything since. I had a new shutoff for him to put in but there was a miscommunication on that.
I have a very convoluted messy setup and I would like to streamline it. I want to get a brass tank tee with pressure gauge, pressure relief, hose bib (pressure tank does not have any of those currently) and possibly a 30/50 switch if it is necessary. I found the whole kit on Amazon for a decent price. I could slap on a ball valve after it.
My pump is a Goulds 1HP model c48A95A06 No. J06853L. Whenever I try to search for it, it comes up with the J10 model so either they don't have specs on that one anymore or it's the equivalent. Not sure.
I'm trying to attach an image of the specs on the side of it. I will also try to attach images of the plumbing layout (it's ugly).
So, my questions:
Which version of the CSV125 should I get?
Where/how would be the best way to install it?
Would it be better off closer to the pump or closer to the tank?
Could I attach it directly to the tank tee on it's inlet side?
Is a pressure on the tank tee after the CSV necessary?
Can I bridge the gap between the steel (I plan to replace galvanized with stainless steel) and the tank tee with 1" PEX?
Or could I have PEX between the CSV and tank tee?
Any advice/suggestions (other than taking a match to this ugly setup)?