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Subject: Well, Pump or Holding Tank??

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Wayne
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Date Posted: 17:37:14 09/11/07 Tue
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I'm disabled, so I am kind of useless. My house well is a 2 inch well, and 44 feet deep. I had a new screen installed about 8 years or so ago. The large holding tank was replaced 7 yrs. ago. The pump is a jet pump, installed in 1991. The current problem is, the pump does pump up water, but it immediately drops pressure and kicks on and off. It ends up getting too warm from turning on and off. The H20 is loaded with minerals and lime.

I don't know anything about pumps, and I can't afford to have service folks tell me untruths. The retired well man had an opinion about the problem. I thought I'd try to get some imput here. What do you think is wrong???

Thanks for your time!

Wayne

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Re: Well, Pump or Holding Tank?? Fred Dungan 05:22:31 09/12/07 Wed

Re: Well, Pump or Holding Tank?? Wayne 10:28:42 09/15/07 Sat

Re: Well, Pump or Holding Tank?? -- fdungan@fdungan.com, 15:34:36 09/15/07 Sat

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>I'm disabled, so I am kind of useless. My house well >is a 2 inch well, and 44 feet deep. I had a new screen >installed about 8 years or so ago. The large holding >tank was replaced 7 yrs. ago. The pump is a jet pump, >installed in 1991. The current problem is, the pump >does pump up water, but it immediately drops pressure >and kicks on and off. It ends up getting too warm from >turning on and off. The H20 is loaded with minerals >and lime. > >I don't know anything about pumps, and I can't afford >to have service folks tell me untruths. The retired >well man had an opinion about the problem. I thought >I'd try to get some imput here. What do you think is >wrong??? > >Thanks for your time! > >Wayne

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