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.

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. Once the water pressure reaches the switch s high pressure limit the switch opens turning off the electricity. 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. Most well pumps are self priming meaning they only need to be primed at the time of installation assuming the pump piping valves and fittings have all been installed correctly.

To do this work the pump converts electricity into mechanical action and the harder the job the more electricity it uses. Whatever the type of pump it does the same thing which is lifting water from the well to ground level. This is referred to as the cut in and cut off cycle of the well pump. Finally inspect for cracks or breaks in the water pipes above the pump.

Then the next step is to time in seconds how long it takes for your well pump to turn on and then turn off. Technicians should test a well pump s control box before pulling a nonworking pump from the well. 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. Your pump is running constantly.

When the water tank s pressure switch detects low water pressure its switch closes which turns on the electricity to the control box. Secondly check for a malfunctioning well pump. This is known as pressure tank drawdown.