Can you add a step by step video on adding additional tanks? And how would you add an additional tank to an outside well water housing?

Thank you. Very helpful video. Your narration is very clear and coherent.

Are you using those extra tanks just as reservoirs? I see motors on top of them are those hooked up too?

I sure wish every do-it-yourself video on KZfaq was as clear and well thought out as this one. Well done! Could I please ask you a question regarding a two-party well and the relationship with pressure tanks? I have a 72 ft well that puts out 12 gallons per minute and my neighbor and I intend to use that to supply both of our homes. In this setup, would we have a very large tank before the water tees off to each house or would there be a separate tank on each system? Neither of our homes are built yet, I have a nice 4' x 6' pump house constructed right next to the well and his house will be approximately 270 ft from the well and mine will be 60 ft from the well. Both of our homes, as well as the pump house, will all be at the same elevation. Thank you so much in advance!

For the purposes of this video only one pump is in use, the but all three tanks are in parallel so they act as one large tank, filling and draining together. I lost some tank capacity by running the pump with a 15 psi spread (40 on 55 off). A 20 psi spread would allow me to use more of the tanks capacity but then the pressure in the house would spend more time below 40psi which is not ideal for the R/O drinking water system. More of this is explained in my well pump switch video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pL-nlpt3tpa8hHU.html Not long ago I changed the system again by adding a rain water barrel and dedicating one pump and one tank to the R/O drinking water system kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q5NnYKdot7PHk40.html

What about,im wanting to add a tank on the roof of my cabin,so i can gather heat for preheater for my water heater ,cause my water temp is super cold coming from my well,soon as water hits the heater it has to kick on everytime

Great video and really nice setup of your water system. I noticed the flexible hose you have from pump discharge to tank system. What size is it and what type of fittings on each end. I am trying to do a similar hookup but cannot find stainless flex hose with NPT couplings on each end. My pump has 1 inch discharge. Thanks

Hey quick question I’m replacing my well pump and went ahead and upgraded my pressure tank to a larger one but nothing was wrong with my old tank my question is can I run dual pressure tanks if they aren’t the same size thanks.

If I want to add one more pressurerised tant to my existing 86 Gal. Tank does it have to be the same amount of gallons ?

i know this is an old video. and most likely no one even responds to it, i see the OP has not responded to anyone.. , but, i was given a fairly new big tank in like new shap, it stands about 5.5 feet tall. my main tank one about 3 feet tall. with all my live stock, my pump down in the drilled well was starting and stopping all the time, so i though i would just set this big tank next to my other tank and tee into out outlet pipe off the manifold, and connected a peace of 3/4" pex pipe from the tee, into a fitting in the bottom of the big tank, i checked the bladder presser in both tanks, draining my main tank to get the right bladder presser, i set the bladder presser in both tanks to the same presser of 6Lbs, my presser switch is set to 40/60, i put a ball valve in the line going to the big tank,, i started the pump back up and open the ball valve, my main small tank filled up and cut out at 60psi, but to my surprise nothing went in to the big tank at all, they been hooked up over a year now, and the big tank has never filled, why is this, ? it should in my mind, but not the case

You didn’t explain how the extra tanks work to provide for less pump on time or whatever they do.

I want to add an extra pressure tank. Do I have to add an additional pump or can I just use one pump for both tanks and do the tanks needs to be close together or can I put them 100 ft a part one for my main house and one for my garage in back of my property?

What's the optimal goal? Reduce motor cycles on the pump to extend life? Other benefits for the mechanicals? I have one tank and would like to add a 2nd. In a smaller cottage the noise of the pump even in a crawlspace is a little annoying as well even after dampening the supply line with a rubber hose. thx - 2019-08-27.

My pump kicks on at 30psi...and my bladder tank is set at 35. Explain what you said about pressure will drop real quick.

Looking for some factual knowledge please. Our system of 60 homes on 2 wells has 60k gallons of storage but all running thru one bladder tank. And these parts are at elevation X, along with say 6 homes. The rest of the homes are sprinkled at elevations on down to 200 ft lower than X, and maybe a half mile away. We every few months get complaints from the higher homeowners that water pressure has fallen very low, apparently when someone elsewhere is doing something like filling their pool. Q- would a 2nd and maybe 3rd bladder tank help significantly reduce the pressure drop at these highest homes during these circumstances? Thank you. Dwight

Hey, quick question. Can a pressure tank work without a pump?

How did you hook the two tanks together off the tank to the right from your well You ran it from your well over to your two pressure tanks how did you time them together

Do the tanks have to be the same size?

Do you have to put on each tank a water pressure gauge or just on the first one?

Question for you. I have a 2 gallon pressure tank on my well for my sprinkler system. I tried to run an outdoor shower from the well, but with the shower head, I dont seem to get enough water flow and the pump kicks on and off, which I know is not good ( I run a hose on the lawn while using the shower to keep the pump on). My question is, would a larger pressure tank solve my problem? Or is it a lot more complicated to make my shower work off my well? Thank you for any help. Kenney D

Hi, whats the Best air pressure for this tank?

How is the electrical done?

You should know that standard pressure tanks are not designed for RO water systems. They will eventually fail. It's very hard to find RO rated tanks over 40 gal. rated, so you'll end up going with multiple small tanks. That junk you are finding in your tank is not right. That is probably iron from your pump and any steel fittings on your std pressure tanks. Just advising you now. Hopefully these have not failed yet.

Why not just use a centrifugal pump to provide constant pressure. It would dramatically reduce the the amount of fittings, switches etc

Stagnation of the water.

Multiple pressure tanks are a great idea...but to go through all this nice work and install old tanks is not worth it...new tanks that size are only a couple hundred bucks

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