Quick and to the point! Great explanation. Thank you!

Here in Ireland generally it's the build up of Iron in the switch which makes it malfunction. I would always strip down switch and clean it good.

Here in the UK, the main culprit for blocked nipples on pressure switches in hard water areas is calcium (limescale) build up. Great video H2o M!

Thank you, I did everything you show in your video and it worked. I have water again. You are an expert. 🙌🙌👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯

Wow you saved me some $$. My problem Was exactly what you described in this video. Thank You!!

best investment of a few minutes ever!! i now actually understand how that damn switch works!!

Thanks for the second time!! I just followed this process again and fixed it myself. Once 2 years ago and again today.

Excellent. God bless.

My man, just saved me time and $$$ Thank you.

I just wanted to come back to this vid and say thanks for posting it. For about 2 weeks my water would slowly (over the course of about 30 seconds) lose pressure, then go out. 30-60 seconds later it would pop back on. Then all the sudden it went out and was out for about 40 mins, came back on. The next morning same thing….went out and was out for about half hour. After watching a few videos I came back and watched this one several times, so yesterday I got the supplies and sure enough, when I took it apart that nipple was full of corrosion and stuff. I ended up putting a new gauge and pressure switch on as well simply because I had it apart, but it seems to be working great today….all for about $100 bucks in parts. Thanks again!

Good morning sir just found your channel because I turned on my bathroom faucet and got bursts of air and dirty water went to check my system and the pressure gauge wont go over 20psi the pressure switch is stuck open also checked my tank and no water out of the air valve any help would be a God sent thank you sir and I hope your enjoying your Sunday

Thanks for sharing this!

Bought a house in June 2022 that’s on a water well system. Everything seemed to be working fine but for about a week now we have been experiencing low water pressure. No high/low pressure or intermittent pressure, or surging, etc. Just steady low pressure. Pressure tank is a Perma Tank Hydro-Air PCM52 with the pressure switch and gauge on a manifold on top of the tank. Started troubleshooting. Turned off the power supply. Closed the shutoff valve to the house so the house lines stay pressurized. Drained the pressure tank through the hose bibb. I noticed the pressure gauge did not drop to zero psi, it stopped at around 10-15 psi. I did the knock test and the tank sounds empty. I can move the tank back and forth and don’t hear water swishing around inside so I’m fairly confident that it is empty. Released a bit of pressure from the shraeder valve on top of the tank and no water came out. Checked the pressure at the shraeder valve and the pressure was approximately 10 psi. We have a 30/50 Square D pressure switch so I pressured up the tank to 28 psi through the shraeder valve. I cleaned the contacts on the pressure switch and checked the voltage across the contacts (with the power on). Everything seems to be in order. Turned the power back on with the hose bibb still open and shutoff valve closed to flush out the gunk. Turned off the hose bibb after a couple minutes when the water cleared up. Pressure started building up inside the tank but very, very slowly and it peaked at around 34 psi after about 15 minutes of run time. Turned the power off again and repeated some of the steps with no luck. To make a long story short, the system is not pressuring up to 50 psi like it should. The pumps runs for a good bit but only builds pressure up to around 34 psi. I think the pump has been running excessively without turning off because the system cannot reach 50 psi. Do I have a water leak somewhere or is my pump failing? Power to the system is currently turned off so the pump doesn’t run all night. I would appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance and thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Short, sweet, and useful, information. Me and my family appreciate it 🙏

Water heater temperature and pressure valve usually are the weak point. Careful with that screwdriver, you could damage the switch

Awesome, I love your video's. 👏

This was an awesome video to watch. Turns out i had gotten a ladybug caught between the two connection points preventing a connection. LOL.

Great,Great advice

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The water pressure gauge goes down because of the water pressure leak down problem. The automatic pressure switch just turns on and off the pump. With no house water leaks, the pressure goes down because of failure of seal in foot valve due to lime build up in the BOTTOM of the well .Either the expense of pulling out all the piping in the well is necessary , or just add a brass check valve near the water heater where the main water line comes in. The arrow has to face upward with correct water flow direction. There are special shark bites fittings and brass fittings to hook it up properly. Old trailers have old style type plastic piping called polybutalyne that requires the "gray" color inserts of the shark bites. There is a shark bite coupler that contains a check valve. The brass style check valve is about $50 and requires other fittings. Changing a pressure switch and cleaning the lower metal tube will not stop water pressure leak down if there are no house water leaks and valves are turned off.

You have great information, I just liked and subscribed. I’m new to deep wells and just ran into a major problem hoping you can help. My pump was waterlogged and I just got a new Johnson Controls 93B 1C air volume control. Before I could put it on my wife left the water hose running and now I’m not getting no water at all. I checked the breaker, control box and pressure switch and they all have power. Is there anything you recommend me doing before I call the well service company to come out? Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks for the videos. Very helpful. Im having an issue with water pressure. Turning on faucet or shower, pressure is good but doesn’t maintain that pressure. Water pressure slows down. Then I’ll turn the faucet off for 30 seconds and turn back on to normal pressure again but it’ll slowly fade away again. I turned off breaker to pump and drained tank with faucets open. Wanted to check pressure switch and clear the nipple but water was spraying out when I unscrewed the nipple and pressure switch. Not sure if I missed something??

Thanks for all the great videos, you've helped my family so much! Any chance you can do one on diagnosing a well that's running dry? My 75 year old, 75' deep well was acting up, so I turned it off. I have a light bulb spliced into the pressure switch to know when the pump is running. It wasn't turning off itself, I don't want to burn up pump again. Any other suggestions for dealing with water table issues? Thanks again!

Can you take your pressure tank out of the warehouse flush it out from settlement and sand and then put it back in to the well

Right, but what if you get a new pump, new switch and capacitor. And still having issues we weren’t having before replacement? We even got a new pressure tank as well

So I’m sold farm girl … isn’t there something to fix that problems because of the recurring issues Love your channel and subscribed

Never mind, I fixed it..pressure tank was too high..Lowered to 28 and everything works fine not sure how the pressure got so high in the tank

Been in home 10 years. 1 st 7 years no problems. Last 3 years seems well is not making enough water. Any advice?

The pump runs fun for 25 min until water in pressure tank runs out… then it takes 15 min to fill back up, so there is no water for 15 min. Is this a clogged pressure switch nipple?

Do you see any issues with using a pressure switch without using a tank on a well only used for a sprinkler system? I know I can install a relay to work in conjunction with my sprinkler control, but I'd like to be able to open a spigot without having to turn on a watering zone. This is ONLY used for watering the yard and washing down the driveway and such..

The system should have a pressure relief valve that prevents any pipes from bursting

Bruh - This helped - I went down and tapped on that nipple and the pump kicked on right away. Not sure if it's a bad contact, but either way, it seems to have done something.

Hi. Great video. What about the relief valve on the tank tee, I thought If the switch got stacked and pressure builds up in the tank, the relief valves should pups (opens) and relieves the extra pressure

Great video. Thank you. How could i contact you if you were willing to help me with a few questions about my situation???

So I have a shallow well. Last night I lost water. And my pump at the well house was constantly running. I pumped it up to 38-40 lbs to my bladder tank, which was on 0lbs psi before adding air and water started to work as normal. Woke up this am no water again and 0 lbs of pressure in bladder tank. And pump was working non stop. So I added 40 lbs and no water like night before. I then primmed the well line with water 3 gallons and their was a surge in line finally pump turned off and everything started to work as normal Is it a bad bladder tank? Or pump. Or pressure switch. Or the well filter ?

I have a bored old well. 1hp pump. We had a vicious cold snap. I replaced one line, thawed the well and pressure tank, replace the pressure gauge, got it to 50/30 and had great water pressure everywhere except the kitchen sink. I had nothing, checked for clogs nothing clogged. adjusted the pressure a little and got sink hot and cold pressure back, but lost the cold water in my bathtub ..The tub has awesome hot pressure but almost zero cold please help..THere are no leaks that I know of because I looked and the well isn't cycling on and off..Whats going on here?

No I lost pressure last night the water was barley coming out so I went to the well and turned on the spigot and nothing but air came out it sounded like a air compressor pissing air out the gauge says 75psi but no water is coming out anywhere at my house

My system takes water from a storage tank and pumps it into the house. I noticed my on demand water heater runs normally until the pump starts (centrifugal pump) and then drops out from what I believe is low pressure. The pressure switch is set for 20 - 40 psi. I drained the system to test the bladder tank settings. in draining the system pressure drops slowly from 40 psi to 30 and then collapses to 20 until the pump restarts. Is it a pressure switch problem worn pump (20 yrs old). This is a recent problem and my water heater (2 yrs old) just started acting up like this. Any ideas appreciated.

We have replaced the pressure switch, didn't work. Replaced the pump, didn't work. Now we're thinking about replacing the tank, hoping it works - but our current tank is also taking and holding air so I'm not sure.

We have a 5" pvc well that is 21 years old, goes down 86'. We've had a recent issue with sudden loss of all water pressure. Comes back a few minutes later. I've tested the bladder tank and replaced the pressure switch. Could the well be running dry???? How long would it take for the water level to recover?? Or is it most likely the nipple clogged??? Thank you!!!

I have replaced the pressure switch ,cleaned tube it, made sure i had air pressure in storage tank and still cant get it. I need help!!!

If the water from the well doesn’t stop flowing in what’s wrong

my pump is suting of if i wil use more than one foset at a time ,,i have new tank and plumbing,,,what can be a problem

My dads well system doesnt even resemble anything ive seen. No sure way of test tank its from 1926 and its welded. our pressure switch doesnt even have a nipple

ornetboy3694 Awesome video thank you .do you get The water diviner .to find where the best place to drill

In California no one runs straight off there well ever one has at least a 5000 gallon tank and the new house have to have 10k 5000 is for fire required by the state. Some people will have a by pass from the tank to the house and a booster pump set up or vfd to the house. No one wants to be out of water if something needs to be repaired on there well lol it really rare that someone run just off there well. 💯👍👌✌️💦🇺🇸🍻🥂

I have a vertical deep well pump that is not priming and I my family has been without water for a week now. I don't know what to do. I've tried replacing the pressure switch, and replacing wire. Still no water

Can you please help me my pump is not on but the pressure switch has sparks I don't know what to dob

I'd like your opinion on using a safety line on a new submersible pump @ about 100 ft. Seems like a good idea, but I've read opinions against it. Also, do I need a SS check valve and a SS male adapter both ?

my pressure switch has a little short tube under it that takes antifreeze can you help me

I’m fighting the same pro-blemish but the nipple is free and clear I’ve replaced several switches and a nipple. Bladder tank is good also I don’t get it

You no water in the title which is wrong because with a clogged pressure switch you’ll have intermittent supply with low pressure. Can you solve no water and pump getting current but not coming on?

Mine shuts off and I give it a tap and boom it works again just sick of going down under the house to do it😂😂😂