04-07-2020, 05:19 AM
Before I call a plumber, my wife suggested I post here. Here’s the situation:
We’ve got a fairly typical catchment system, and several parts are new. The tank itself is right around a year old. I replaced the pump and the brass check valve 6 years ago. Replaced the bladder tank recently. Square D switch was replaced a couple years ago. The plumbing is right around 10 years old.
The system loses pressure slowly. As in, the pump switches on in the middle of the night, when we are clearly not using water. I’ve checked everywhere for leaks or running faucets or running toilets or dripping hose bibs, and have found nothing. I even got up on the roof to see if the solar panel pipes were leaking into the gutters. (They were fine.) I was told the check valve might be leaking back into the tank, so I shut off access between the tank and the pump and yet the pressure still slowly dropped.
I can’t think of any other reason the system would lose pressure without noticeably leaking water somewhere. Anybody have any ideas? Living in the jungle is hard! Hoping for the ingenuity and expertise of Puna Peeps!
We’ve got a fairly typical catchment system, and several parts are new. The tank itself is right around a year old. I replaced the pump and the brass check valve 6 years ago. Replaced the bladder tank recently. Square D switch was replaced a couple years ago. The plumbing is right around 10 years old.
The system loses pressure slowly. As in, the pump switches on in the middle of the night, when we are clearly not using water. I’ve checked everywhere for leaks or running faucets or running toilets or dripping hose bibs, and have found nothing. I even got up on the roof to see if the solar panel pipes were leaking into the gutters. (They were fine.) I was told the check valve might be leaking back into the tank, so I shut off access between the tank and the pump and yet the pressure still slowly dropped.
I can’t think of any other reason the system would lose pressure without noticeably leaking water somewhere. Anybody have any ideas? Living in the jungle is hard! Hoping for the ingenuity and expertise of Puna Peeps!