My pump is short cycling. So I turned off power to the pump and drained the water, and the water pressure gauge read “zero”. Here's the strange part- with no water pressure, the AIR pressure on the top of the blue tank still reads 60 PSI. It was 60 before when full of water, and it's still 60 psi with the tank empty. My cut in and cut out are at 40/60, so it should read 38 when drained, but it’s still at 60. What’s causing this? Thanks!

I have noticed that my sump pump has been dumping water pretty much nonstop for the last few weeks. Dumps water every 5-10 minutes. It's been raining quite a bit this winter (I live near DC) but still I am concerned that I have some sort of leak in the house. The water in the sump pump well does not smell so it's not sewage. I turned off the main valve in the house between approximately 10pm until 4pm the following day and during this time the pump kept working which I guess is good news. Still, I am worried (maybe it's also the COVID quarantine!). Anyhoo, someone suggested that I test water in the well to see if it's tap our not. Question: can I buy a kit of some sort at Home Depot, a drug store etc that i could use to do this? I suspect tap water would have a lot more chlorine in it, but I am not sure. TIA!