Most Common Reason for No Water!! Reset Pump Pressure Switch. Water Well Repair Vlog Ep.18
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2022
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Did your Power Come back on but you still don't have water?
Well pump not running?
Here's the most common problem for Water Well Systems & How to Reset the switch.
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why does my cut on switch gets stuck and i have no water?i need to trip it manually,that is weird,.
@Fishing is Life normally that's the nipple below the switch is clogged
@@h2omechanic thank you so much so tomorrow i will check it.thanks again.
@H2o Mechanic any tips for my line pressure gauge reading 21psi? i’ve reset my bladder tank pressure to 38psi (it was about 25lbs i) after verifying my pressure switch is 40/60. I also used the pressure switch cap to cycle the contacts. When i do that the line pressure gauge drops to zero then climbs back to 21psi.
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You're a great teacher. I'm a retired Instrument Technician with 40 years of experience. If a person couldn't understand how a pressure switch works after that they should just call you! Nice job!
Great video. $5 is the smallest plumbing bill ever for sharing a great deal of time and knowledge. Many thanks.
This definitely helped me! Im a city girl the just inherited my dads home in Alabama. He didnt live here long before he passed away so i didnt get the full experience. Now im a born and raised city girl continuing his dream. We lost all water today 6/9/24 and your video was the first that poppod up. Similar system, so it helped so much. This was a time saver for sure.
I subscribed. I woke up this morning to no water. Husband wasn't sure what to do. Said he would have to research it. I went on RUclips and searched water won't come on. Your video was the first one. Did what you said
Water came back. Thank you so much.
Hello Sir. I have great news! I went back through everything and I took all of the plumbing apart to inspect all of the pipes and fittings. You had mentioned in another video that debris can clog the nipple to the pressure switch. The nipple was clear but because you mentioned debris, I also had a look at the check valve and lo and behold, there was sediment blocking the plunger. I would not have thought about that seeing as though all of the parts were brand new. It's an older well and after seeing the sediment .... now I want to drill a new one. Thank you so much for inspiring me to not give up. I'm a woman in my 50's and love to take on projects like this. Thank you!
I was waiting for over 3 hours for my plumber to come out and turn my pump back on. Decided to watch this video while I was waiting to see if I could do it myself. Option 1 did it for me! So amazingly quick and easy!! Saved me some money, too! Thank you so much! Lesson learned for the future!
You should send him a couple bucks :)
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You sir are a teacher. ❤ With a kind heart, GOD BLESS you, and your love ones! You certainly are surrounded by Loving supportive family, they must be high quality!!
I live in southeast GA and my holding tank is a large metal tank and has no air valve on top, it has one in water line between the pump and tank. My neighbor had a well drilled about 3 years ago and has the same thing, should I be concerned about air pressure on my tank?
DUDE!!! This video saved my Christmas!!!! Just went through the big freeze here in CO, and my pressure switch wasn't turning off the pump a couple days ago, so I thought an ice block had formed in the water feed, and I flipped the power off to try and save the pump from burning itself up. We were lower than -10F. Once it got above freezing I kicked the power back on, but no water pressure. I thought more melting probably needed to happen, but eventually I started worrying about the worst, like the pump was ruined or something. I started doing research on the internet for the components in my system, and wasn't getting anywhere. On one of the pages for well pumps was a link to a video. From there was a link to a suggested video on an overview of well pump systems. When I went to watch it, your video was suggested on the side. In your video you show the type of pressure switch I have, with the manual lever on the side. Mine was set to "Auto" with no water pressure showing on my gauge. Once you showed how to hold that lever at a 45 degree to start the pump again, and to hold it until the water pressure got up to 30psi and let off slowly, that was the ticket to get water back in the house! You Rock!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!🎄☃
Somebody needs to invent a switch that you can tun on remotely via blue tooth or or something. Somebody could make some money
If everyone had a attitude like you the world would improve thank you for your help
How do you not have hundreds of thousands of subscribers? Your videos are the best out there! Explained easily, professionally and perfect!
Absolutely agreed
Agreed
Thank you H2omechanic I just subscribed.
If my low pressure switch sparks is that a sign that it's bad cuz I ve did all you implied on here and still no water
@@coreyranberger8894 Mine has been sparking for years, at least 20, without any problem. The fact that you have a spark indicates you have power to the switch so it might be time to check out the pump.
You saved the day for us! Reset switch and this did the trick. We need more people like you sharing their knowledge to help people save their hard earned money. Thanks again !
Phillip Hensley is the name of my go to plumber when at almost 74 and not a do it yourselfer, I look for him!
My other comment was before I looked for Phil's (hope this name is ok) name.
Thank you Phil for doing what you do! I'll bet community school night classes would love to have you come teach the basics for all...
Thank you for taking us through steps to trouble shoot and fix something that is so easy to take for granted. Keep up the good work!
Nicely done amazing the things we can fix from these awesome videos.
THANK YOU! This is perfectly just what I needed! I appreciate you took the time to explain everything in layman’s terms!
This feller is the best well guy on youtube by a mile. Thank you for all the info!
Thanks for the support!
Your video was very detailed and made things that I thought were complicated seem very easy. I appreciate your time that you spend on your videos and helping people like me with the knowledge that you have.
Appreciate you brother!
Thank you for taking the time and effort to help us out.
This is extremely helpful.
Respect for what you are doing!👍
I think I have the same problem- why did the storm set off the well water but not the rest of the electricity?
You have turned me into a well pump maintenance enthusiast. :) Being a touchy-feely, hands-on kinda guy I really appreciate the knowledge and time you put in to these videos. Thank you.
F*****'-a don't be scared of that water buddy remember when in doubt voltmeter tells all
Thank you for sharing such a treasure trove of simple, money-saving info, and doing so with no expectations. And holy mercy, you actually respond to folks' comments.
Kudos!! Thx again!
Thank you so much for posting this video! I followed your instructions & water is flowing through our pipes again. You just saved Christmas day for us!!
Wow. I am extremely grateful for you! Our water stopped working this a.m. of course after my husband was gone for work. I have an ostomy & I absolutely have to have water to deal with that. I found your video & did exactly as you said, using the corner or the housing to move the switch & everything came back on! Thank you thank you thank you!
I used to work maintennance at a state park and id do plumbing and electrical almost every day. Now that my mind isnt what it used to be (trauma / anxiety induced brain damage) Ive forgetten more than i know and you just saved my ass from the embarressment of having to wake up my husband who just got home from work and ask why the water just stopped. Please people, take care of yourselves and stop worrying about everything. Thank you so much H2o Mechanic!!!!!
Thanks and Merry Christmas!
You saved me. I needed to repair my well it just stopped. The well repair guys never showed up. So looked on you tube and blessedly found your videos. Thank you so much!
Thanks for the video! The house I bought had a do-it-yourself pump system put in by the not-so-handyman previous owner. Your video helped me figure out the problem and how to get the pressure back in my tank.
I want to RECCOMEND this easy to follow video from the best video guy to answer your questions like mine , my water stopped . The last time this happened was when the 2 men I call for help were not Vailable. I'm 73, 74 this Friday, and when I looked to Google I found this wonderful gentleman who taught me how to fix my water easily. I felt like superwoman!!
The men asked, "Heather, you did it yourself!!!?"
All I said was that I found a good teacher and I fixed it myself. No calling a plumber!"
Please, donate if you can when you do as I did and consider the cost it would be if you had not watched his videos!
Sorry I can't until the 2nd... But I will then.
Two times I needed to do the same repair but I didn't write down how to the first time I came here for help.
I did weed through plenty of plumbers who wanted me to believe I needed a plumber if my water stopped when my new washer was filling and I flushed the toilet. This time I found my answer quickly and now that I hopefully have convinced you to at least try it yourself with his easy to follow instructions.
Sincerely, Heather Newhall-Odden
I'm going to underfoot well that I've had for twenty years this is the best information I've gotten here on your channel...better than from well people or hardware stores. Thank you 👍
Huge help! No kidding. I thought we were going to drop big $$$ on an expensive plumbing bill and this saved us. Thank you!!
Thank you, the switch didn't have the lever on the side but I removed the cover and did the step you suggested and it is working, at least for now, I'll monitor and change out if necessary... the video covers what is needed in good detail and not drawn out to a 60 minute tutorial... thanks again.
I just want to say thank you. We are new to "acreage" ownership, and this video was so straightforward and clear that I was able to reset my switch by myself before my husband got home. Again, thank you.
Wow what an excellent learning experience your video have been. My daughter has a well pump that has gone bad and I needed to learn about well pump system asap. The kids can't afford to pay big bucks for a company to come out. The one guy they had out wasn't much help. I do a lot of stuff, plumbing, electrical etc so I have to give it a try first. I knew nothing at all about these systems but now I feel like I might be able to help her get water back up and running. She has a control box with a capacitor and what appears to be a hard start. The wires around those are all fried. Got new parts coming in and then the next thing is to diagnose why they are fried. If she needs a new pump I'm going to have to go against your advice and get one from Lowe's or home Depot because we don't have the money to buy a top quality one. Heck we don't even know how deep the well is. It's about 400° f in Florida right now so it's going to be fun working all day on this thing without any way to shower if I don't get it done in a day. LOL thank you for being such an excellent teacher. Subscribed!
Thank you so much this is expert content. I couldn’t figure out why after replacing the switch my water pressure was running out and then magically reappearing. Other people have great videos, but they didn’t get as thorough as you have. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much!! Moving the lever to 45 degrees did it!!! What a blessing this video was. Thank you!
Thank you so much ! Amazing information in your videos! Such a great person you are for helping people! I subscribed to your channel, give you that thumbs up , . I will watch all your videos, and share with our neighbors . We have approx 15 water wells in this country subdivision. All are-community wells drilled at 500 ft. With pump at 125ft .
6 houses per water well .
I had a private water well drilled for my home . Because Neighbors just don’t understand how important it is to take care , or maintain these water wells and repair them . Once again thank you ! Your are a true business owner who cares about the job and service you do ! Thank you !
This video was super helpful! Thank you for taking the time to break this down!
This is the best video. I’ve seen the most explanatory video I’ve seen on RUclips dealing with this matter my God I thank you sir …
Thank you. I always appreciate folks that take time to explain things that help others out. Please accept this small gesture as your video enabled me to do the job myself today.
Glad to help! Thanks for the $20!!
Thanks! Got to the Lake House had no water. Called 10 companies no one could come out to fix for a couple weeks. Watched your video and it fixed it.
Humanity is not lost its just being tested. You have a good soul. Great video very informative. Thank You!
I recently move to a place where there is a well tank. due to power outage my water did stop working. I find your RUclips video. I follow your instruction and now the water is working. thank very much for this video instruction. You are a blessing to mankind.
Amazing video!!! Safed me my life on vacation here in Florida. Thank you so much. In my case it was a corroded contact. Flipped it with the cap an here we go... Would never found it without this video.
Thank you for this video! We were able to restart our well with your help. Sent a small donation via PayPal. You are wonderful!
Thank you for posting this. My son just had his pressure tank replaced last week. Flipped the breaker off today for some maintenance, turned the breaker back on and no water. This fixed it and saved the day.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I'm only 16 and I was able to fix the our water system thanks to this video. AND WE HAD GUEST ON THE WAY! no plumber required. thanks again!
Bro!!!!! This was a HUGE help!!!!!!! Saved me from calling a plumber and missing a day work APPRECIATE YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally a person that knows what's going, great video, appreciate you taking the time to help
Thank you SO MUCH for this video! We lost water in our house after a hose ruptured outside. We assumed we drained the well, so we killed the pump and waited. 12 hours later, still nothing. Followed the "flick it to remove stuff" steps in this video and voila! Water!
Now to hope that my electric hot water heater didn't get siphoned off and cook itself.
Mate, thank you so much for this. We had the power off for several hours today and I couldn't, for the life of me, figure out why the water wasn't working. This video made me feel like a capable human being. I award you 10 karma points.
This video helped me resolve an issue that would have resulted in an expensive visit from the well service provider, right before a storm hit the area. Thank you so much.
150% accurate! We had a storm and our water went out. We had NO WATER BUT WE HAD ELECTRICITY. I checked every breaker which was fine. I then checked the well and has 0 PSI. I have a 40/60 and this video saved me! Thank you!!!!
Thank you for showing this i have a well pump and its really helps me so I don't have to call a plumber I live in Florida and we get ants in the points all the time I take a nail file and rub it jangly with power off🤗
I wish I could give this more thumbs up!!! My electric went off and I was getting no pressure after 3 hrs I found this video and it took me 3 minutes to get it running again ! 🙌🙌🙌🙌 thank you!!
Awesome video. We are way more educated than we were before. We've had our new well for 2 1/2 years and the pressure switch just started giving us issues. Thought we had it fixed and then had no water this morning (one week after the initial issues). We are going to go check the air pressure and see what's up with it. Thank you so much for the clear explanation and the education.
Thanks a ton bro. You are saving people THOUSANDS by posting this.
YOU ARE A GODDDDD !!!
Thank you so much for this video !!!! It is Christmas and we had no water 2 days before that and our day couldn’t have gotten any better! Thank you so much if I ever see you I will not stop hugging you 💯
I’m a mom of 3 and was home alone with them on a 93 degree summer day with no water. This was the fix. 😍😍😍😍🎉
Wow dude, you are amazing. Your descriptions are spot on, and described extremely well. You have actually put light back on professionals that really care about the simple homeowner that just needs water. I will be contacting you, to help me redisign my well system, excellent video. 👍👍👍💚🕊
He's not amazing. He's a hack. I promise.
Thank you SO MUCH!!! We rent and they keep the cheapest crap possible out on our system. Today is Christmas Eve and last night our water went out. I just watched your video and after looking around the system for about 2 mins I found where the pressure contacts were. I tapped the contacts like you said with the cap and heard the water running right away. I tapped the other side for good measure. We are hosting family on Christmas and I can’t thank you enough! I will no longer wait around for the rental company anymore! Merry Christmas!!! 🎁🎄 ❤
I'm a 62 yr. old woman. and you have helped me walk thru step by step. Thank you. Still have a Lil b work to do... but ima learning this stuff your Awesome I'll be back❤ bless you
Thanks! Your Awesome. The service you provide. Restores my faith in Technical Services. No AI just straight on Manuel labor experience.
Huge help! Thanks so much for your time!
Thank you. It’s almost midnight here and all of a sudden the water pressure went away. Went out and did that fancy flip work with the cap and boom water pressure back. Thanks!
Great info. My pump wouldn"t come on after a lightning storm. Watched your video and from your info, got it working. Saved me a plumber call.
This is the BEST info on water wells I ever had thanks from Odessa tx
I am so thankful there is people like you that share that knowledge,,for me at this moment are a life savior. My wheel just went off and it is a holiday weekend.. I got so upset thinking I was going to be without water rest if the weekend.. But I went on RUclips and found your video. I followed your instructions. Honesty I was scare because when is about electricity I am not touching anything. But seems so simple how you explained that I was able to make my whell work.. God bless you..
I tested your concept. It was on point. The pump came on when I pulled the pole to a 45-degree angle. Now I can proceed to lower pump down. Thank you for this well needed video
Thank you so much for your video! Really appreciate how clear your explanation and description!
I'm glad I came across this video. You made it easy to follow along & learn something new. I'm trying to help out my neighbor who's disabled. I appreciate your humble demeanor trying to help people. This scripture gives us guidance Proverbs 11:25 "The generous person will prosper, And whoever refreshes others will himself be refreshed." Thank you for helping many.😊
This video saved the day - you rock! Such a simple solution that a city slicker would know nothing about. Thanks!
well... now running into some airlocks at several faucets, got any recommendations to overcome this?
Thank you. Just got my water pressure back up at my cabin following your steps.
Thank you so much! You are the hero of YT. Big support and all the best for you and your familly! Greetings!
The first time someone actually explained it so well I could resolve it myself! Tyty
Great advice !!! Got my system running again with holding the square D unit for 40-seconds in the mid position. Thank you...
Thank you for taking the time to create this valuable resource and take some of the mystery out of this type of system. Excellent.
Great video. Power has been in n out and now we have no water. Im a city slicker so im used to city water systems and have never had to troubleshoot a well system. Great video. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for this video! We were able to get everything up and running again! 👏🏽🙌🏽
I just wanted to give you a shoutout. I didn't have a power outage but my well water just suddenly stopped. Flipping the pressure switch immediately fixed the problem and saved me a service call. Now I know to keep an eye on it and replace it if needed. Thanks!
Please subscribe & help me grow! My goal is a silver play button in 2023. Glad my video was helpful!
I was literally seconds away from pulling the whole tank out to try to find where the water leak was coming from thinking the bottom of the tank may have rusted out when I thought it might be a good idea to see what the internet had to say about low water pressure. Turned out after I reset my pressure valve, I could see it was a ruptured cooper pipe UNDER the tank in the sub floor that was spewing. But I couldn't tell without water pressure where the leak was at. You saved me at least a day of labor! Thanks bro!
The Very Best Tutorial on switches and pressure tanks as I have ever seen hands down as I am trouble shooting my well now.
Jim Rodgers Ga USA
The power went out last night and we just fixed our water issue. Thank you for this video.
In Alaska we deal with lots iron in the Willow area.
Your videos have saved the day so much. Who knew one could pull a well and clean pump and pull above end of casing.
I wish you'd open a service up here in the Matanuska
Valley area. You don't want to know what well companies and plumbers make in Alaska.😊
Thank You for the video. I used your video to guide me through getting my pump to work. I had a huge ant stuck between the contacts of the pump switch. After clearing the ant out of the contacts, I used the plastic device I had to open and close the contacts you showed in the video. Amazing job sir, thank you.🇺🇲😊
Dude, I don't even want to know how much money you have saved me over the past 3 years. Thank you!
Woke up at O dark 30 to no water. Have cement contractors coming in 3 hours. Know zero about well plumbing and its' electrical. With in two minutes of watching this video, water restored. Absolutely brilliantly done. Burnished those pressure switch contacts and away it went. THANK YOU!!!!!! I subscribed.
Thanks so much. No water at 1130 at night, flicked the contacts as you suggested and it worked.
Thank you so much. When the water stopped in the middle of the night, I knew I had to reset the well circuit but didn't know how. Thanks for teaching me.
Absolutely wonderful video that not only provides information but explains the reason. THANK YOU!
you are an absolute legend. I keep coming back to this video as my system keeps giving me issues. Thanks for the info
Sept 24, 2023 - thank you so much for doing this video!! It got our water back on after an 8 hour power outage!!!
Hello. THANK YOU for the content of this video!! You SAVED us (my German Shepherd dog, cats, and me)!! I am NOT kidding. We had NO water, and I had NO way to get any, since I moved to a rural area in a county where I know no one.
(I had sold my vehicles, so I had no way to go buy some water, unless I took an expensive taxi ride into town. I could not order water and have it delivered, because I only had cash. I had not been able to get to the bank to make a deposit, so that I could charge for anything online.)
On August 28th, early in the morning, I was having to put ice in the microwave to melt it for my animals to have water, and I was surviving on diet soda. I watched this video, and did what you said to do, and I got the well pump to work. I have had to repeat what I had done to get it going, but it has worked every time. What I have had to do is tap the pipes. There is a box there, but it won't open, so I have tapped the box and the pipes, hoping that one of the taps will "kick it on" again, and it does. Is there some part that has to be replaced?
I know that I might find the answer in this, or another video of yours, but my phone isn't charging, nor holding a charge, very well, and that limits my time of being able to use it to watch any videos (and I don't have internet service out here yet to be able to use my computer).
Thank you in advance for any advice you might have to help me keep the well pump working. Faye
Thank you for this video and explaining the pressure switch. I did exactly what you did with the plastic cover and bumping the switch and boom I have water. Your the man. Thank you
Great video. Thank you. You helped me fix my mother's water pressure.
Thank you so much for your video, because you just saved my husband and I about $200.00. Ants was our problem, so we used air in a can to clear them out but the well still won't run...until you come along!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!! Boy I bet alot of company's hate RUclips!!!!
Friggin awesome. Thank you for making this video. My new home has a well, first time for me. I didn't understand what was going on until watching this, and problem was solved immediately. Saved a call to a plumber!!
Hmm, now my 40/60 switch won’t switch back on once the pressure drops below 40. What’s the best way to troubleshoot this? My son left the garden hose on, which led to this acting up in the first place.
Yes! Mine was the 2nd pump. I flicked it once with the cap like you showed & it started right up. Thank you so much!!
Wow you saved me so much stress and I'm sure some money!!! Didn't know what was going on and followed your video until I did. I reset it with the cover like you showed and bam let the water flow. Thank you again!
I just went out there to my system and restarted it thanks to you!!! Subscribed
This video is extremely helpful!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us.
Hands down, the best tutorial on RUclips.
I have to help my mother in law.
Pump stopped working. I'm so glad I found your channel.
I will now attempt to fix it for her.
You are very kind to share your knowledge. I wouldn't attempt to fix it for her if it wasn't for your videos.
I let you know the outcome.
Again,
I can't thank you enough.😊
You Are a God Send. Thank You !