Last night our dsl line went dead so there is no internet access. This morning the faucets are dry. It appears the water well is out. We are feeling an appreciation for the Amish lifestyle today!
Hopefully the problem is in the pump controller. I replaced the pressure switch two days ago because the contacts burnt through. Today the pump relay was burnt and the coil wire fell off from heat. I'm going to replace the entire controller first and see if that works. If not... The well service is coming over this afternoon to see about replacing the pump motor itself with a high tech variable flow pump!
As these things go... We might be watering the animals Amish style through tomorrow too.
UPDATE: Turns out the well pump is dead and needs to be pulled. Unfortunately it appears that the pump is hung below 300 feet or so of rigid plastic pipe of 20 foot sections. Not something I want to handle by hand alone! The well service will be here tomorrow to pull it up and see if we need a whole new pump or not.
The good news is our DSL line just came back on tonight so the webcam is working and we can answer email again!
Hopefully the problem is in the pump controller. I replaced the pressure switch two days ago because the contacts burnt through. Today the pump relay was burnt and the coil wire fell off from heat. I'm going to replace the entire controller first and see if that works. If not... The well service is coming over this afternoon to see about replacing the pump motor itself with a high tech variable flow pump!
As these things go... We might be watering the animals Amish style through tomorrow too.
UPDATE: Turns out the well pump is dead and needs to be pulled. Unfortunately it appears that the pump is hung below 300 feet or so of rigid plastic pipe of 20 foot sections. Not something I want to handle by hand alone! The well service will be here tomorrow to pull it up and see if we need a whole new pump or not.
The good news is our DSL line just came back on tonight so the webcam is working and we can answer email again!
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