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<blockquote data-quote="BryanDP" data-source="post: 4067411" data-attributes="member: 1111"><p>I'm familiar with the saying to which this meme pertains but I'm not understanding how it applies here. Did I ask a question that has been asked many times before? My apologies if so.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't have a well. I pump from a spring-fed pond and the intake check valve for the pump is about 10 feet at most below the elevation where the pump is located. </p><p></p><p>It does reach cutoff pressure, it's just that when it was hitting the low limit the shower had gone to a trickle.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My old pump did this, got a new one and it behaved similarly.</p><p></p><p>However, I have an update:</p><p></p><p>This weekend we did some yard work and got all sweaty so I jumped in the shower expecting it to be weak and and it held great pressure. It varied a bit but never got to a trickle like it had the previous try about a week ago. I may install a second pressure tank just for even better and more steady pressure but its' certainly not urgent now.</p><p></p><p>I theorize that last week when we were having trouble with it there was still air in the lines that was more responsible for the trickle than the pump hitting the low limit. This time the shower kind of "coughed" when I first turned it on and then had great pressure for several showers. Is it possible that air in the lines finally made their way to the faucets after sitting for a week without running?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BryanDP, post: 4067411, member: 1111"] I'm familiar with the saying to which this meme pertains but I'm not understanding how it applies here. Did I ask a question that has been asked many times before? My apologies if so. I don't have a well. I pump from a spring-fed pond and the intake check valve for the pump is about 10 feet at most below the elevation where the pump is located. It does reach cutoff pressure, it's just that when it was hitting the low limit the shower had gone to a trickle. My old pump did this, got a new one and it behaved similarly. However, I have an update: This weekend we did some yard work and got all sweaty so I jumped in the shower expecting it to be weak and and it held great pressure. It varied a bit but never got to a trickle like it had the previous try about a week ago. I may install a second pressure tank just for even better and more steady pressure but its' certainly not urgent now. I theorize that last week when we were having trouble with it there was still air in the lines that was more responsible for the trickle than the pump hitting the low limit. This time the shower kind of "coughed" when I first turned it on and then had great pressure for several showers. Is it possible that air in the lines finally made their way to the faucets after sitting for a week without running? [/QUOTE]
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