I'm pretty sure it is equipment troubles above ground. However, the thought crossed my mind as I am unlaxing from a day spent get the well working. Rassen frassen 3/4 HP shallow well pump and its connections. There's no plan B to my water situation. I need one. It is iffy at best, but way better than what was there when I bought the place in '77. Lotta strange foot traffic in my utility basement recently. The 3 yr old oil fired warm air furnace didn't play well with me after I replaced the nozzle, a routine maintenance task I've been doing for ages. It wouldn't start. I put it back together and called the oil company. 3 trips down into my 8x8 dirt floored dungeon to fix. With the well head smack dab in the middle. The run to the pump is mostly a piece of 1 1/4 black swimming pool tubing. There is a check valve. The water is loaded with iron that collects in the galvy pipes. Every time, I take the galvy apart, I replace it with new stuff The foot traffic must have jarred some scale loose and held the check valve open, thus losing prime. Off to Lowes for fittings. They didn't have what I wanted in 1", so I ran to the check valve in 1 1/4. Now I'm having pressure switch troubles. I have a the pump,s original switch in front of me. It has never been used. When the last pump went, I left the original,rather than mess with adjusting a new one it to my system. I'm gonna install that if I can't get the switch to play better than it is. I'm working harder in retirement than I was when working.
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