I just installed a new sumerged well pump, 135’ deep shorted line 10 feet as had water at 60’ and old line was muddy looking at bottom few feet, would get some mud from old pump at times, or residue not pure brown water.
installed new pump went from 3/4hp to 1 hp. hooked up and worked but here is where it get strange. the metal pipe with shut valve and pipe to bladder tank would shock me if I touched it. Thought I had skinned wire putting it back in. pulled again. put new wire and water pipe. reconnected… still would shock me. called a electrian freind. the pressure switch was not grounded. he connected a wire to ground and grounded to metal pipe and no more shock. Thought all is well,LOL
water works good no problem, good pressure much better then before old pump died. but water in glass is milky. it is millions of tiny bubbles and will clear in few seconds, 10 or 15. taste fine.
Checked out side water outlet for hose. it is fine and no bubbles. this water comes from pvc pipe after bladder tank and off supply line that goes in whole house. but in sink it is milky, wife cant stand it and demands I fix it. took strainer out of fauct thought it could be that. but no difference. still milky.
in bathroom sink same. odd the bath tub is not as bad. toilet is clear but think bubble leave out of holding tank. so not fair check
the system has a pressure bladder tank, then to a water filter, 2 upright round cylinder tanks with a timer for a back wash (was in house when bought house but did not work and would manual move timer to make it back flush. ) when has shocking problem and grounded pressure swtich timer started working and was back flushing 1 time a day. I disconnected it. thought that was the problem. did not help.
water then goes to hot water heater and cold out to house.
what is causing this.??? not a suction leak as it is a submerged pump. why would start after new pump? no leaks in pumping that I see. driving me crazy i could live with it, but wife said fix it or else LOL
Have you tried running the heck out of it at the faucet giving you problems?
All that on and off with the pump change and other problems could loosen sediment.
Usually a whole system problem, not one faucet. I have a feeling you have tried this but , if not…
My well water from the hot water faucet is this way but it does clear in a few seconds.
It could be because of a higher water pressurein the pipe as a result of upgrading the pump. Cold water plus high(er) pressure equals higher air solubility.
Did you sanitize the well? Did you then flush the well? Did you purge the air from the system?
My guess is you started the pump with the system closed, which traps all the air in the pressure tanks diaphragm. Leading to air in the water till it’s eventually absorbed out.
It’s hard to guess homeowner created issues. Professionals follow specific procedures for a reason, skipping steps or not doing them correctly leads to unpredictable results.
Anytime you install a new pump you are supposed to sanitize the well. Doing so requires hours of run one afterwards to purge the chlorine. We do a number of diagnostics during the initial run time. It would be far from standard practice to be running water at the kitchen sink minutes after installation.
Ok that maybe my problem. this is what I did. installed pump, wire and hose. Yes disinfected it with bleach. connected the line back up and did not bleed the system. just turned on water hose and it worked and the turned on fauctes in house and worked. told wife to not drink wanter for few days till beach was gone.
so the line from the well head back to house (under ground) about 96 feet to bladder tank was open to air and water ran out. there is no check valve at bladder tank. so all that air was pushed up in bladder tank.
I have noticed some debris from shower head at times since change it is small brown things and soft almost looks like dead grass but is not, I guess that is crud from the inside of the lines, maybe all the air bubbles is breaking it lose or the more pressure. I guess I should check the air pressure bladder tank to be sure it is 2 lbs below cut off pressure.
I am flushing well hard, just hyrdo seeded large yard. 2 acres and today started water sprinker. so for next couple of days will be doing that so that may get all the air out.way
is there any other way to bleed the system besides this?
thank you for all your help
still do not understand way the water hose outlet has no bubbles, but in a glass it does not. and it is on same pvc line after bladder tank as the fauctes any idea?
Is there anyway you could be getting a venturi affect at the faucets? maybe a bad oring on the screen? never heard of it before but I guess it could be possible.
I have removed the screens from the faucet and that did nothing. been running hard with sprinklers in yard for 2 days. still the same. seems if anything worse… not sure what to do now