Based on your earlier description that the pressure stays up if you shut off the house supply, but drops if you open it, I still think you have a leak on the house side, regardless of your new pump. It may just be masking the original problem. I would run the house shut-off test again just to make sure.
Well Pump - Low Pressure
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since I am late to the thread I just want to mention my own experience with low water pressure on a residential well - turned out that the well pump was gummed up with manganese - well guy rebuilt the pump and it has been running fine for the past 8 years
we have high manganese content at certain times in the year, so I do expect the well pump to gum up eventually again - presumably "shocking" the well periodically can help, but in my area, the 'well-shocking' costs as much as 65% of the rebuild (due to the depth of well and equipment needed), so I will wait until the pump needs a rebuild and have the well 'shocked' at that time
we have high manganese content at certain times in the year, so I do expect the well pump to gum up eventually again - presumably "shocking" the well periodically can help, but in my area, the 'well-shocking' costs as much as 65% of the rebuild (due to the depth of well and equipment needed), so I will wait until the pump needs a rebuild and have the well 'shocked' at that time
since I am late to the thread I just want to mention my own experience with low water pressure on a residential well - turned out that the well pump was gummed up with manganese - well guy rebuilt the pump and it has been running fine for the past 8 years
we have high manganese content at certain times in the year, so I do expect the well pump to gum up eventually again - presumably "shocking" the well periodically can help, but in my area, the 'well-shocking' costs as much as 65% of the rebuild (due to the depth of well and equipment needed), so I will wait until the pump needs a rebuild and have the well 'shocked' at that time
word on the street is your manganese count was high...
just sayin'...
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No leaks, just a bad pump that was 15 years old. Lot's of find black sand here.
What I meant to say in the original post was that if I shut the water off to the house after the pressure tank, it would still not build any pressure.
What I meant to say in the original post was that if I shut the water off to the house after the pressure tank, it would still not build any pressure.