Help with current setup (no CSV)

[ontarian_frog]

Good day. I'm a little bit new to all this. I grew up with a well, but we moved to the city long before I could grasp anything. Low and behold, I bought a house in the country.

Here is all that I know about my setup:

-From the driller's log my well is 165ft deep
-The control box off the wall is rated for a 1/2 hp pump.
-I have adjusted the pressure switch to it's rated 30/50 psi. It was at 26/50.
-I have checked the precharge in the 42gal pressure tank. It's right at 28psi.

Now here is what I'm wondering. When I have the water on in the bathtub, it takes the pump 40 seconds to fill the pressure tank. To me, that sounds pretty quick. I'd like for my pump to take longer. Short of buying a CSV (which I will do that when the pump dies), how do lengthen the time it takes to fill the pressure tank? Do I just increase the pressure to 40/60?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

[Cary Austin]

As long as the water level in the well doesn’t drop below about 90’, you would be able to turn up the pressure switch to 40/60.  If you use a lot of water and the water level pulls down below 90’, that pump won’t be able to build up to 60 to shut itself off.  Then it will keep running until it gets hot and burns up the pump and/or motor.

It won’ hurt to try it as long as you make certain it can build up to 60 before you walk away from it.

There is really no reason to wait until the pump dies to install a CSV.  As a matter of fact adding the CSV will help keep the pump, tank, switch, etc, from dying, because it is the best way to lengthen the time it takes to fill the pressure tank.

[ontarian_frog]

I will have to try and see. Unfortunately, the well was drilled in 1997 or so and the log doesn't show the static level. I don't even know how far down the well the pump is.

I would really like to install a csv, but money is a problem for now. Thank you very much for your advice.

[Cary Austin]

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”  Spending a couple of hundred on a CSV now could save you thousands by making the pump, motor, tank, and everything else last much longer.