Well Pressure Tank: How it Works and How a Tank Gets Waterlogged

Every well system with a pump has a pressure tank. It is important to understand how pressure tanks work, and what happens when they fail so you can be aware. This particular tank was a 44 gallon Well Rite tank made by Flexcon. This tank was cut open to see the inside of a bladder tank. Specifically, what happens when a tank goes bad and gets waterlogged.

[aramboranian]

Finally the homeowner knows how the water, air, and blader in the tank relate to one another.A picture is worth a thousand words.You are a great teacher,

[OxenHandler]

I just assumed the bladder held air. Now I know the bladder holds water. Thank you.

[domthomas]

Sir, your video was very informative. Thank you for helping me make a decision. Our well take is now, 18 years old. The pump is still working fine. I Hope. Great video. lower alabama

[jimgardner]

I woke up this morning and my pump was running so went to the pump house to find a rust hole in the dome and a shower of water soaking all the electricals. so thankyou very much I can now see what's gone wrong and I am on my way to get a replacement tank. Diagrams and adverts are ok but seeing you with the top cut off and listening to the explanation is way better. Jim in NZ.

[motorvN]

That you for this. We use a pressurized system to supply a cabin with lake water. My whole life I assumed the bladder was at the top of the tank and full of air pressing down on the water in the rest of the tank. Now I get how the thing really works. Appreciate the lesson!

[kelcritcarroll]

Thanks for helping this 60 year old lady understand what may be happening in my pump room!

[frontier]

Grew up in a house that had well water with a galvanized tank (No Bladder). The galvanized tank only had an air bubble. Mother father and five kids. We had horses, cattle and an inground pool. That old galvanized tank has been there for over 60 years and still works perfectly. Really don't understand why you would need a bladder if the old galvanized tanks never failed for over 60 years.

[tomnagle]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video, Wendell! Most helpful to those of us with wells and a very effective lesson in what’s happening on the inside of bladder tanks. Keep up the good work!!

[tonyi]

Excellent .really helped understand what the technician ment when he said tank was waterlogged. Thank you

[elleryprefontaine]

From Canada, thanks for the unedited video. Now i understand how the work and the failure of water passing the bladder. Much appreciated, keep up the good work. Also love the southern drawl 😁

[bambam]

Thank you so much for the video! We were having water problems and didn't understand how the tank bladder works. Your video was so clear that anyone can easily understand how it works... even my wife! Lol.
Thanks again

[jamesflick]

This video was very informative. I never knew the bladders were that big inside a water pressure tank. thank you so much for teaching me something new.

[RandyDavid-nqbq]

Very informative and interesting. Best part was that you addressed the question that I had about why not get a tank from Lowe's. Thanks for that important information.

[williammarvin]

And we all get the fact that the air on top of the bladder is pushing the water out towards your faucets which gives you the extra pressure until the pump needs to fill the bladder back up which keeps the pump from cycling so much. That makes perfect sense and it's a great design

[timklassen]

Thank you for the video I have cut up a lot of pressure tanks but never thought of adding water to a cut up tank any big thumbs up .

[Dmoore]

This is awesome! I wondered how in the world these thangs worked. Now I know. This is the inverse of how I thought these worked.

[shaneaudette]

Thank you for the clear video explaining the inside. We just had ours changed today. We had a leak in ours also. They installed a fiberglass one. People explained what was happening inside but this was perfect

[williammarvin]

That was a great explanation and when you see it it makes sense. My brother had a well that was straight to the house from the pump that had a major problem with but didn't have a bladder tank. Now I know why the problem was existing. Thank you very much

[robinsong]

Perfect visual explanation of how this tank works. You rock

[fish]

Excellent demonstration of tank working and problems with a bad bladder