How To Adjust a Pressure Switch

Why do I have a pressure switch in my house next to my holding tank and one on my shallow well jet pump everyone tells me I do not need to pressure

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Hey so i just had to replace my switch with a new one and now it runs forever and won’t shut off. any tips on how to get the pressure to go to the 40 psi so it will shut off? it goes to 32 psi and stops gaining and stays running forever till i flip the breaker switch.

Excellent, thank you ! I helped my folks with this info.

Tons of useful info in this video. Currently my pressure pump is not cutting-in until I'm at zero pressure. I'm guessing I've got a clogged filter at the switch?. I'm ready to tackle it.

Hi Sir, is it possible to know or to calculate, what is the volume of water inside the pressurized tank at 30psi, and at 50psi?

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what if it doesnt automatically turn off after the pressure drop. what would be the problem?

A great refresher while staring at my replacement pump install that wouldn’t quite shut off.

One turn backwards did the trick 👍😁

It’s nice to hear “click, hummm, click”
instead of “click, hum, howwwl, click “


Thank you
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I watched this video and the one on how to set the tank pressure. I followed both yet my pressure is still inadequate and gets lower as I keep the water running. When I check the tank pressure, it reads 38 psi (my switch setting is confirmed @ 40/60). However, when I drain the water from the tank (and cut the power), my tank pressure is basically non-existent.. Would that indicate a faulty tank?

Great demo. Thank you

great video , i have a well pump for my irrigation system, in one zone the pump short cycles at times, which adjustment would i need to adjust, the pump is 30 /50 ????

Excellent video. Thankyou.

Here's my issue. My pump shuts off at 60 BUT it doesn't turn back on until 20psi. What's up with that and how can I adjust it?

Sent this video to help a friend. Didn't know the little screw didn't matter as much. Readjusting my pump too.

Hey, my water pump is running non stop, full water pressure in line, there are no leaks in line, but the pump not building up pressure on the gauge to switch off, what can cause this?

What do you mean by "system pressure relieved before any work is done?" Can you elaborate please?

Thanks

Any chance you could explain exactly how the differential mechanism works?

plz i need help my pump keeps starting every second. thanks

What size nut driver is that

I didnt get how to higher the low number without lowering the high number. My comoressor turns off at 130psi, but that wont come on again until it gets down to 30psi. I need the bottom number to be closer to 80 or 90

Very helpful. Thank you

I have a 20/40 switch that used to turn on at 20 psi and turn off at 40 psi. Now it turns on at 30 and turns off at 40. Any idea why it’s turning on at higher pressure instead? Is there an adjustment to make it turn on at 20 again?

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I have a pump. That keeps cutting off,won't start back up,, pressure switch stays closed?

Very good information bro

Thank you for actual useful information. It is very rare. My screen was clogged with grit.

For the last year I have had to lower the cut off psi twice to get it to shut off, a year ago to 40PSI, and now to 35 PSI. Before lowering it this time the pump was making a very different sound but still hitting 40PSI. I checked it today and the strange sound had vanished, but it could not reach 40PSI, so I gradually lowered the shut off pressure in steps, and it now shuts off at 35 PSI. Do you think that this indicated a badly eroded impellor?

My mother conveniently shut off breakers after our water pipe under this old dilapidated trailer home came loose..then the old woman went on vacation..also nice was these were the hottest days of the year. She needs to stop fkn with switches this will likely cost her a few hundred I may waste some of her $ trying to fix it myself she is Jewish and l9ves to save money even at her own detriment

It wasn't 66 PSI the contacts shut off, It was 71. Awesome video, I screwed up this switch by accident and wasn't sure what smaller one did.

Good teacher

great video! Thanks for posting! I feel like I can do it!

Quick question(s):

What size is the hex nut to adjust pressure

To adjust only pressure, does well tank need to be drained or we can adjust w/water inside tank (deenergized ofc)

You also have to change Air pressure in tank to reflect the switch adjustment. 20/40 18 lbs....30/50 28lbs 40/60 38 lbs ...of air pressure.

Very helpful guide! Thank you!

Wonderful explanation and demonstration! Thank you for this video. Cleared all my doubts regarding a pressure switch. 🙂

Thank your for an easy to understand explanation adjusting the pressure switch. I just installed a new water pump for my Florida HVAC system. The pump came with the switch set to 40 / 30 and was short cycling on and off until I adjusted it to 50 / 40. You the man!

you didn't describe opening and closing to empty bladder of water before settings.please asap and thank you

Did this now my switch won’t cut off like it did before

Can you set your cut in higher to say, 45 psi and adjust differential to say, 60 psi. Reason I ask is dropping to around 40 for cut in is sometimes too low.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU BLADDER IS FAULTY

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My pressure switch started not kicking out at set cut out pressure and runnning up and not cutting out at all just runs constantly under 60 psi have it set for 38 psi (garden pump). Any ideas?

Confusing.

In this case cut in plus differential equals cut out

Tnx bro..better tutorial love it than the tagalog tutorial

Okay so my pressure switch went bad and I had to replace it yesterday. It was a 40/60. I wired it up exactly the way it's supposed to. I also empty the water out of the tank and checked my PSI of the tank. It was on 32 oh, so I added air to get it to 38. 2 psi below cut on (40). This was my first time doing this so I was actually traveling myself when I turned everything back on and the water was working. However I feel like I have lost a little water pressure in my showers. So you're saying to get a little pressure I should adjust the number one Bolt? How high should I go with it?

It is simple but awesome 🙂

I think we should say thanks for preparing this video ☺️