Posted on 10/11/2006 5:45:07 PM PDT by Miztiki
Will it clear up on its own?
NO, it's running fine, the pump is probably down the hole and you can't hear it.
If the water is flowing and you have a steady 32 PSI, you are good.
I just went back out there and the pump kicked in. The gauge is at 50. The well guy thinks our pump is going out but I can't afford for it to go out right now. Whew!
I'll buy some bottled water and not do laundry for a few days. Thank you all so much for your help!
Sounds like the water is from Thailand.
That's one deep well!
Let your water run from every available faucet until it's clear. No need to run hot.
If it causes any staining, go to Home Depot and buy a small container of Iron Out. It's white, with red cap and label. It really works well, just be careful, it's pretty nasty stuff.
I worked for a well company, we used it, and customers noticed near-instant results. It worked on my rust-stained t-shirts, too, when nothing else would.
To chlorinate a well, dump a couple gallons of regular (no scented stuff) chlorine bleach down the well.You will have to remove the cover to the well to do this. Use 3 gallons if your well is more than 350 feet deep, and 4 if it's over 500 feet deep.
Run a faucet in the house untill you smell bleach. Repeat for each faucet. Once you have a chlorine smell at each faucet, let is sit for a couple hours, preferrably overnight. It wouldn't hurt to dump another gallon down the well at this point.
In the morning, thoroughly flush each faucet. also flush the well thoroughly, running it out the garden hose for a while, but try to keep the water off the grass or any gardens, it's not so good for them.
Like someone else suggested, it wouldn't hurt to flush your water heater once a year, but for different reasons.
I don't think I can open my well, can I?
Here's the whole well system:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y181/Miztiki/Sept2006044.jpg
And here's the pump:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y181/Miztiki/Sept2006045.jpg
There is nothing that I can identify that opens up to the well.
I will flush the water heater though. Thanks for being such a helpful FRiend!
That's a heck of a system. Yes, you can open that well, there are bolts on the top of the seal, where the two smaller pipes enter the white pipe, but it would be very hard to do. Not worth it. The bolts connect 2 steel (or cast iron) plates with rubber in the middle. By tightening the bolts, the rubber is squished out, making a good seal.
One way you could add chlorine is at the filter. unscrew the filter, dump out the water, and fill the filter housing with bleach. run the water for a few seconds, and repeat. this will fill your tank, then run it to all the faucets, like discussed previously.
Oh, you really only need to fill the filter housing twice, it should be less than a gallon of bleach.
Are there unusual numbers of frogs and locusts running around? Be ready to freak out if the neighbors start painting their door lintels with lambs blood.
It shows you the the video.
Then it asks, "Email a friend?"
Freaking sick puppies.
I saw that six days ago...
What are the symptoms that make them think the pump is failing? Usually they either work or don't. BTW looking at the picture you posted those kind of tanks can get water logged making the pump cycle frequently and a loss of pressure. The water BTW should be safe to drink.
Don't panic. It's just rust.
Whatever you do, don't do laundry for a couple of days.
If you already did there's some stuff you can use to get your underwear white again.
Oh yes, you should drain the junk out of the bottom of your hot water heater.
Yes, except the horse she was rding fell down the well too. He'd better rent a crane to get them out.
What site is that?
Rove, you magnificent bastard...
The way she described how it was working, it doesn't sound waterlogged. But you are right, the non-bladder tanks are susceptible to waterlogging.
Thailand????
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