The well at my new house quit working. The water was working when I was at the house but when I came back a week later, there was no water. I am not sure yet the problem was in the well or the pipe underground. The pump was running continuous.
It was not able to build more than a couple psi in the basement and the water was brownish that came out the valve by the pressure tank.
I pulled the pump up and it was missing the bottom o-ring on the pitless spool. I am not sure though it is just pulled off when I popped it out of the casing.
The drop pipe was 1" PVC. There was a short piece of steel pipe between the pitless adapter and the pvc. It was jusst a ball of rust. The pump had what looked like mud packed on it.
At the top of the PVC drop pipe was a tee with what looks like a vacuum breaker in it. I found a picture of it on page 20, right side of pic D in this pdf but still not sure what it's purpose is.
http://www.whitewatermfg.net/pitless_adapter-brochure_11-15-08.pdfAfter reading a lot of different stuff, I think I will put in a new pump, wire and poly pipe. I am thinking I should put the pump at the same depth (70' of pipe) but not sure after seeing the mud on the old pump. Is that plastic thing in the tee necessary and if so, what does it do?
I have not tried to cleanup the spool adapter yet. I have not found a place to get a replacement so hope I is usable. I think I did find a place that has the O-rings.
I have not decided yet if I should use the 160psi pipe or the 200psi pipe. It is worth the $15 extra for the 200PSI stuff or is it just overkill?
Has anyone done come across anything similar to this setup? I am hoping to get it all figured out before I drop a new pump in so I don't have to pull it again right away,