Home Page link

water tank pressure is gaining air pressure

Home| Search | About
Login Password
Register Now! Lost Password?

Home Repair - - If it ain't broken, don't fix it. Otherwise look here. 

Bookmark this page:  YahooMyWeb Yahoo!  Google Google  Windows Live Favorites Windows Live  del.icio.us del.icio.us  digg digg  Add to Netscape Netscape
Subject Author Date
water tank pressure is gaining air pressure grick8 02-02-2008
If you were  Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
Posted by grick8 on February 2, 2008, 7:42 pm

Home Handyman
-------------------------------------

Hope this is the right place to add this article.

I have a 3 year old water tank in a home that has a well. Problem is the
air in the bladder is increasing. Not sure how that can happen. But it
does. I have drain the tank of water and adjusted the air pressure to 2
psi lower the kickon setting. Which is (40 PSI) As recommended. And in
about 2 weeks or a month after the pump starts running right when the
toliet flushes, etc. So then after I drain the water from the system and
the tank, I put my pressure gauge on the valve on the tank. and it reads
60 psi. This is with the drain valve open. I then relieve the air back to
38 PSI start the water again again and every thing works great again. I
do have an air-ation system which cleans the iron out of my water. This
draws air in while the pump runs and works with the mineral tank. I need
some good advice PLEASE!!!


##-----------------------------------------------##
Delivered via
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/
Building Construction and Maintenance Forum
Web
and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
alt.home.repair - 271101 messages
and counting!
##-----------------------------------------------##

Posted by Don Young on February 2, 2008, 9:50 pm

>
> Home Handyman
> -------------------------------------
>
> Hope this is the right place to add this article.
>
> I have a 3 year old water tank in a home that has a well. Problem is the
> air in the bladder is increasing. Not sure how that can happen. But it
> does. I have drain the tank of water and adjusted the air pressure to 2
> psi lower the kickon setting. Which is (40 PSI) As recommended. And in
> about 2 weeks or a month after the pump starts running right when the
> toliet flushes, etc. So then after I drain the water from the system and
> the tank, I put my pressure gauge on the valve on the tank. and it reads
> 60 psi. This is with the drain valve open. I then relieve the air back to
> 38 PSI start the water again again and every thing works great again. I
> do have an air-ation system which cleans the iron out of my water. This
> draws air in while the pump runs and works with the mineral tank. I need
> some good advice PLEASE!!!
>
>
> ##-----------------------------------------------##
> Delivered via http://www.thestuccocompany.com/
> Building Construction and Maintenance Forum
> Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
> alt.home.repair - 271101 messages and counting!
> ##-----------------------------------------------##
Pump systems without an air bladder use a small air bleed on the pump inlet
to supply a small amount of air to the tank along with the water. They use a
float valve to bleed excess air out of the tank when needed. It may be
possible for you to adapt such a valve to your tank.

However, I do not see how air in the water gets into the air side of the
bladder unless the bladder is leaking.

Don Young



Posted by grick8 on February 4, 2008, 6:49 pm
grick8 had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Re-water-tank-pressure-is-gaining-air-pressure-285645-.htm
:
Well the tanks says it is a 36 gallon diaphragm. If it is leaking
wouldn't water come out of the air bladder valve? Thanks for your
suggestions.



Home Handyman
-------------------------------------
Don Young wrote:

> message
>>
>> Home Handyman
>> -------------------------------------
>>
>> Hope this is the right place to add this article.
>>
>> I have a 3 year old water tank in a home that has a well. Problem
>> is the
>> air in the bladder is increasing. Not sure how that can happen.
>> But it
>> does. I have drain the tank of water and adjusted the air
>> pressure to 2
>> psi lower the kickon setting. Which is (40 PSI) As recommended.
>> And in
>> about 2 weeks or a month after the pump starts running right when
>> the
>> toliet flushes, etc. So then after I drain the water from the
>> system and
>> the tank, I put my pressure gauge on the valve on the tank. and it
>> reads
>> 60 psi. This is with the drain valve open. I then relieve the air
>> back to
>> 38 PSI start the water again again and every thing works great
>> again. I
>> do have an air-ation system which cleans the iron out of my
>> water. This
>> draws air in while the pump runs and works with the mineral tank.
>> I need
>> some good advice PLEASE!!!
>>
>>
>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
>> Delivered via http://www.thestuccocompany.com/
>> Building Construction and Maintenance Forum
>> Web and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
>> alt.home.repair - 271101 messages and counting!
>> ##-----------------------------------------------##
>> Pump systems without an air bladder use a small air bleed on the pump
> inlet
> to supply a small amount of air to the tank along with the water. They
> use a
> float valve to bleed excess air out of the tank when needed. It may be
> possible for you to adapt such a valve to your tank.

> However, I do not see how air in the water gets into the air side of
> the
> bladder unless the bladder is leaking.

> Don Young








##-----------------------------------------------##
Delivered via
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/
Building Construction and Maintenance Forum
Web
and RSS access to your favorite newsgroup -
alt.home.repair - 271406 messages
and counting!
##-----------------------------------------------##

Posted by Davej on February 4, 2008, 7:17 pm
On Feb 2, 6:42 pm, grick_at_kuhncom_dot_...@foo.com (grick8) wrote:
> [...]
> I have a 3 year old water tank in a home that has a well. Problem is the
> air in the bladder is increasing. Not sure how that can happen. But it
> does. I have drain the tank of water and adjusted the air pressure to 2
> psi lower the kickon setting. Which is (40 PSI) As recommended. And in
> about 2 weeks or a month after the pump starts running right when the
> toliet flushes, etc. So then after I drain the water from the system and
> the tank, I put my pressure gauge on the valve on the tank. and it reads
> 60 psi. This is with the drain valve open. I then relieve the air back to
> 38 PSI start the water again again and every thing works great again. I
> do have an air-ation system which cleans the iron out of my water. This
> draws air in while the pump runs and works with the mineral tank. I need
> some good advice PLEASE!!!
>

Must be a leaky bladder combined with that aeration system.

Similar ThreadsPosted
Water Storage Tank - Plumbing the Pump & Pressure Tank August 7, 2006, 3:29 pm
water pressure tank August 16, 2005, 11:38 am
Hot water tank pressure relief August 30, 2005, 10:41 am
Hot Water Tank Lost Pressure January 15, 2008, 10:17 pm
How much air pressure to put in a well tank October 24, 2005, 8:15 pm
Well pressure tank September 28, 2007, 1:05 am
pressure tank insulation October 21, 2005, 8:55 am
Pressure tank overpressurizing January 1, 2006, 6:22 pm
replacing pressure tank February 16, 2006, 6:09 pm
Pressure tank installation April 2, 2006, 4:02 pm

Contact Us | Privacy Policy

XML SitemapXML Sitemap