Need some help. Last week my Goulds well pump wouldn't shut off. It was set to go off at 60 psi but the needle on the pressure guage was at 58 psi and shaking. So I cut the power and drained the tank and it worked. A few days later the pump again wouldn't shut off but was at the 60 psi mark so i tapped the pressure switch cover and it shut off. It did this a few times but not always. I set the pressure switch to come on at 50 psi and left the lower end at 30 psi. The issue Im having is now the pump won't come on until it goes below 30 psi and usually if we flushed thr tiolet once it would come on but now its two flushings. Is it possible the pressure switch needs to be replaced? It holds the pressure in the tank and has no issue filling up, it just seemed to take longer then usual to reach 60 psi. With the setting at 50 psi will this do any harm to my h2ow to water tank?

Hi everyone, I installed a new pump for my well that waters my lawn. We have 2 wells, not connected to each other in anyway. One for the house, one for the sprinklers. It is a Flotec FP 5242. 2 problems that I need some help with. When I turn the pump on, I have to prime it. It takes a few minutes but it eventually draws water and the sprinklers go on. I let them run a few minutes and when I turn the pump off, it sounds like water is "falling". It's the only way that I can describe it. I usually have to re-prime the pump to get water to the next zone. I have cycled through all 6 zones numerous times, letting the system run a few minutes in each zone. I've replace/fixed broken sprinkler heads. I'm not sure why I have to keep priming the pump each time and why it doesn't start the sprinklng right away. Second issue, probably unrelated is electrical in nature. The pump is 240v. From the circuit breaker the wires run into a box that contains a light switch to turn power off or on to the sprinkler timer. I connected the 3 wires from the new pump to the timer the same exact way that the old pump was connected. The mechanical timer has a switch on it. Up is for the timer to control the pump on/off automatically which is what I want to use. Center is off and up is manual on. When I turn the light switch on to turn power to the timer, the timer runs the pump continuously even though the pins are not activating the automatic switch. Could I have the 2 non-ground wires from the timer to the motor backwards? Will it damage the motor to reverse them? Or do I need a new timer? Thanks! Greg