How To Test Your Well Water Pump

This is the amount of water the pressure tank stores before your well pump needs to kick in.

How to test your well water pump.

Finally inspect for cracks or breaks in the water pipes above the pump. This is known as pressure tank drawdown. Electrically powered well pumps may be submersible or positioned clear of the water. How to prime a well pump.

The well pump pulls or pushes depending on the type of pump the water from the well sending it to the pressure tank which holds the water under pressure until something in your plumbing system is turned on. To do this work the pump converts electricity into mechanical action and the harder the job the more electricity it uses. Then the next step is to time in seconds how long it takes for your well pump to turn on and then turn off. Once the water pressure reaches the switch s high pressure limit the switch opens turning off the electricity.

Your well water pump and pressure tank work together to get the water from the water table to your home. This is referred to as the cut in and cut off cycle of the well pump. Secondly check for a malfunctioning well pump. Whatever the type of pump it does the same thing which is lifting water from the well to ground level.

The term self priming is actually an industry term that describes the ability of a pump to create a partial vacuum by purging air from the intake hose and pump casing. If the well pump is running continuously this can be a sign that your well pump is struggling to draw water from the well to fill up the pressure tank. When the water tank s pressure switch detects low water pressure its switch closes which turns on the electricity to the control box.