Deep Well Pump Check Valve

Many well pumps have built in check valves.

Deep well pump check valve. This is called intermittent pump cycling. The motor is an energy saver delivering 25 gpm and can draw water from a 150 ft max head. Even if a pump does have a built in check valve we recommend that a check valve be installed in the discharge line within 25 feet of the pump and below the draw down level of the water supply. On a submersible well pump installation if your well water pump does not have a built in check valve many submersible pumps do have a check valve a line check valve should be installed in the discharge pipe within 25 feet of the pump and below the drawdown level of the water inside the well.

The house was pre existing but i really question the ability of the pump to hold the pressure in let alone to not have any small leaks in the piping all the way up from the well in the ground. The pump also has a check valve which helps prevent back flow also. At some point this will reduce the pressure in the pressure switch causing the pump to cycle back on to increase the pressure. Hello i ve lived in my home for about 4 5 years and have always wondered if the random cycling of my well pump could be do to me not having a check valve between the pump tank and the well pump.

Although installers have different opinions in deep wells we recommend that check valves be installed every.