Hello, Here is the well information: Well 1: submersible pump or jet pump. [COLOR="#FF0000"]Neither, mounted on top of the pipe, old pumpjack[/COLOR] 2: age of well if known. [COLOR="#FF0000"]55 yrs old.[/COLOR] 3: depth of well if known. [COLOR="#FF0000"]297'[/COLOR] 4: diameter of well if known. [COLOR="#FF0000"]4"?[/COLOR] 5: voltage of pump if known. [COLOR="#FF0000"]Belt driven[/COLOR] 6: brand of pump/controller if known. [COLOR="#FF0000"]Z Packer?[/COLOR] 7: size of tank if known. [COLOR="#FF0000"]Maroon How2 tank, 2.5' tall.[/COLOR] 8: The more details you can give. The more we can help. [COLOR="#FF0000"]Old pumpjack water well that has been in service since 1960. [/COLOR] I moved into my house in 2006. The house was built in 1960. In 2008, i was annexed into the city and city water was run in and available. I am hooking up to city water tomorrow because of the issues with my water well. The line has been run in and the plumber is going to disconnect the well and hook me up to a meter. However, the well is leaking from the top of the casing. This appears to be a very old pumpjack (z packer?) that sits on top of the pipe and with each stroke draws water up. The well sits in a cistern down in the basement which is on the outside of my block foundation. There is access to the well in the basement through the block foundation. Ever since I have moved in, there has been a few inches of water sitting in the cistern. Recently I can hear a gurgling noise coming from the water where the pump connects to the well casing. The gurling happens about every 5 seconds, it doesn't appear to calm down with less use of the well. The cistern is also filling up with water and I have been having to bucket it out every day for fear it will start spilling over into my basement. Water has also started to seep from the block foundation because of the high water level in the cistern. This is a very big and heavy pump that is basically in accessible for maintenance from the foundation side of the house. Since it is underground I imagine it was installed from the top. Does anybody have any ideas on how to get this thing to stop gurling up water? I was thinking of just mixing concrete into the existing water in the cistern and creating a slurry that might seal it that way since the well will be out of commission tomorrow. That might be extreme though. I have access to the well, but getting inside the cistern and working on it is almost/nearly impossible. Thanks for the help. truth

I posted a little while ago, but would like more thoughts before pulling the well pump. Issue: 15A Breaker trips about once per day. Symptoms: If I turn all of my faucets and shower on, pump starts off pulling about 5 amps, tapering down to about 2 amps until high pressure (50 psi) is reached within seconds. If I leave the water and faucets running and let the system reach low pressure (30 psi) again, the pressure will not recover like the first time. It will stay just above 30 psi until I shut ALL of the faucets off. Once ALL of the faucets are shut off, the pressure will quickly raise back up to high pressure (50 psi). So this means that the pump is probably stuck running to no avail for the entire time the dish washer or washing machine is running. I have noticed that the pump will sometimes pull over 15A when starting up. I have also noticed that the breaker will trip even if the current drawn is only 5 amps during the process. I have tried other breakers and the breaker still trips under 15A at times. I am using a clamp meter to monitor this. Here is the setup: Wiring: breaker is 15A, 5 feet of 12/2 wire leading to the well pressure switch and about 70 feet of 14/2 wire running underground to the well. Well info: Bored well, 38 feet deep 2 feet diameter. Pump: r200a water ace pump .5 hp, 2 wire 120 VAC, Max Amps 11.9 Pressure Tank: Well Saver LPT20 set at 28 psi. Pressure Switch: Pro Plumber PPS3050 set at 30/50 Additional Info: I spoke with my neighbor who is a plumber. He suggested that my pump was just getting old and that I might try running 12/2 wire from the switch to the well (for a while before burying it as a test) along with a 20 amp breaker. I am also tempted to replace the pressure switch just to try it since it is cheap enough. Any ideas? Thanks again.