No Water. Most Common Problem for Well Pumps.

Typically This problem is most commonly seen while showering. The water pressure will slowly drop to nothing and a few minutes later it will randomly turn back on. This shows you what to look for.

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[snowflakeeel]

my water was cutting off over and over but this video told me exactly what to do without spending any money. totally fixed now. thank you!

[PapaPR]

Thanks for the second time!! I just followed this process again and fixed it myself. Once 2 years ago and again today.

[euonymus]

Quick and to the point! Great explanation. Thank you!

[webbac]

Here in the UK, the main culprit for blocked nipples on pressure switches in hard water areas is calcium (limescale) build up. Great video H2o M!

[joshuahernandez]

Wow you saved me some $$. My problem Was exactly what you described in this video. Thank You!!

[bigtimepimpin]

best investment of a few minutes ever!!
i now actually understand how that damn switch works!!

[seinfeld]

My man, just saved me time and $$$ Thank you.

[JuanMartinez-icfk]

Thank you, I did everything you show in your video and it worked. I have water again. You are an expert. 🙌🙌👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯

[rkline]

I just wanted to come back to this vid and say thanks for posting it. For about 2 weeks my water would slowly (over the course of about 30 seconds) lose pressure, then go out. 30-60 seconds later it would pop back on. Then all the sudden it went out and was out for about 40 mins, came back on. The next morning same thing….went out and was out for about half hour. After watching a few videos I came back and watched this one several times, so yesterday I got the supplies and sure enough, when I took it apart that nipple was full of corrosion and stuff. I ended up putting a new gauge and pressure switch on as well simply because I had it apart, but it seems to be working great today….all for about $100 bucks in parts. Thanks again!

[cowboy]

Bought a house in June 2022 that’s on a water well system. Everything seemed to be working fine but for about a week now we have been experiencing low water pressure. No high/low pressure or intermittent pressure, or surging, etc. Just steady low pressure. Pressure tank is a Perma Tank Hydro-Air PCM52 with the pressure switch and gauge on a manifold on top of the tank. Started troubleshooting. Turned off the power supply. Closed the shutoff valve to the house so the house lines stay pressurized. Drained the pressure tank through the hose bibb. I noticed the pressure gauge did not drop to zero psi, it stopped at around 10-15 psi. I did the knock test and the tank sounds empty. I can move the tank back and forth and don’t hear water swishing around inside so I’m fairly confident that it is empty. Released a bit of pressure from the shraeder valve on top of the tank and no water came out. Checked the pressure at the shraeder valve and the pressure was approximately 10 psi. We have a 30/50 Square D pressure switch so I pressured up the tank to 28 psi through the shraeder valve. I cleaned the contacts on the pressure switch and checked the voltage across the contacts (with the power on). Everything seems to be in order. Turned the power back on with the hose bibb still open and shutoff valve closed to flush out the gunk. Turned off the hose bibb after a couple minutes when the water cleared up. Pressure started building up inside the tank but very, very slowly and it peaked at around 34 psi after about 15 minutes of run time. Turned the power off again and repeated some of the steps with no luck. To make a long story short, the system is not pressuring up to 50 psi like it should. The pumps runs for a good bit but only builds pressure up to around 34 psi. I think the pump has been running excessively without turning off because the system cannot reach 50 psi. Do I have a water leak somewhere or is my pump failing? Power to the system is currently turned off so the pump doesn’t run all night. I would appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance and thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[johnsutliffe]

Good morning sir just found your channel because I turned on my bathroom faucet and got bursts of air and dirty water went to check my system and the pressure gauge wont go over 20psi the pressure switch is stuck open also checked my tank and no water out of the air valve any help would be a God sent thank you sir and I hope your enjoying your Sunday

[dawnclark]

Short, sweet, and useful, information. Me and my family appreciate it 🙏

[jimgrimes]

Here in Ireland generally it's the build up of Iron in the switch which makes it malfunction. I would always strip down switch and clean it good.

[murky]

Hopefully its a functioning 75 psi relief valve at the tee just below the switch that gives if the pump keeps running.

[BradySandCoulson]

This was an awesome video to watch. Turns out i had gotten a ladybug caught between the two connection points preventing a connection. LOL.

[waterfuel]

The water pressure gauge goes down because of the water pressure leak down problem. The automatic pressure switch just turns on and off the pump. With no house water leaks, the pressure goes down because of failure of seal in foot valve due to lime build up in the BOTTOM of the well .Either the expense of pulling out all the piping in the well is necessary , or just add a brass check valve near the water heater where the main water line comes in. The arrow has to face upward with correct water flow direction. There are special shark bites fittings and brass fittings to hook it up properly. Old trailers have old style type plastic piping called polybutalyne that requires the "gray" color inserts of the shark bites. There is a shark bite coupler that contains a check valve. The brass style check valve is about $50 and requires other fittings. Changing a pressure switch and cleaning the lower metal tube will not stop water pressure leak down if there are no house water leaks and valves are turned off.

[GoldMineArcade]

You have great information, I just liked and subscribed. I’m new to deep wells and just ran into a major problem hoping you can help. My pump was waterlogged and I just got a new Johnson Controls 93B 1C air volume control. Before I could put it on my wife left the water hose running and now I’m not getting no water at all. I checked the breaker, control box and pressure switch and they all have power. Is there anything you recommend me doing before I call the well service company to come out? Any help will be greatly appreciated

[keithjurena]

Water heater temperature and pressure valve usually are the weak point.
Careful with that screwdriver, you could damage the switch

[hades]

Right, but what if you get a new pump, new switch and capacitor. And still having issues we weren’t having before replacement? We even got a new pressure tank as well

[kevinmccann]

Thanks for the videos. Very helpful. Im having an issue with water pressure. Turning on faucet or shower, pressure is good but doesn’t maintain that pressure. Water pressure slows down. Then I’ll turn the faucet off for 30 seconds and turn back on to normal pressure again but it’ll slowly fade away again. I turned off breaker to pump and drained tank with faucets open. Wanted to check pressure switch and clear the nipple but water was spraying out when I unscrewed the nipple and pressure switch. Not sure if I missed something??