04-15-2020, 01:10 AM
As previously stated by others, always suspect the check valve first. I have had great success with the simple PVC deals, slip fit, glued into the line. I put mine after my pump, so my pump head "rests" at 0 pressure.
If you have a back flushing filter of some sort, check the outlet from that. I just discovered mine is leaking 20gal+ a day as soon as I removed it from drain to ground to drain to container. I was gonna water some plants with it.
Accumulator of some sort? It could be leaking AIR out the top at the shrader valve, which means pressure drops, pump cycles on. If this was the case, eventually it will stop being a very good accumulator.
Last, maybe just the pressure switch itself is getting lazy.
If you have a back flushing filter of some sort, check the outlet from that. I just discovered mine is leaking 20gal+ a day as soon as I removed it from drain to ground to drain to container. I was gonna water some plants with it.
Accumulator of some sort? It could be leaking AIR out the top at the shrader valve, which means pressure drops, pump cycles on. If this was the case, eventually it will stop being a very good accumulator.
Last, maybe just the pressure switch itself is getting lazy.