Thanks for the kind words and great video. Reducing 500+ cycles per day will certainly make the pump and everything last much longer. A couple of suggestions if you don't mind. Without a Cycle Stop Valve one minute to fill the pressure tank is bare minimum. But with a CSV tank fill time is not important as the CSV will not let the pump shut off until all taps are closed anyway. It would have been best to install the CSV1A at the well head between the well head tee and the faucet. That way even the faucet at the well head would be controlled and deliver constant pressure from the CSV. Then if you remove the extra check valve before the tank, as it is not needed, the faucet at the well head will work with the CSV on demand like everything else. The pressure relief valve still needs to pop off at 75 PSI in case the pressure switch fills with ants and fails to shut the pump off at 60 as it should. The pressure relief valve just needs to be installed on or after the CSV1A. The 3/4 port in the bottom of the CSV is after the working part of the CSV and is a good place to install the prv that is set at 75 PSI. Adding the CSV solved all your problems with the well pump. Adding another CSV will solve all the problems you will soon have with the booster pump that supplies the RO water to the house. That is a variable speed booster pump which will give you lots of problems. It doesn't use a pressure tank and does come on every time a faucet is cracked open, which isn't good. The CSV system doesn't need much of a tank but uses all the water out of the tank before the pump comes on. Your booster system would work much better and last much longer if you used a regular shallow well jet pump with a PK1A kit to control it. You can also use a submersible well pump in the RO storage tank as a booster, which also works well with a CSV like comes in the PK1A kit. Have pictures and drawings of a jet or submersible booster pumps with a Cycle Stop Valve when you start having issues with the variable speed booster you have. All the best!!
Thanks for the feed back! Valve is working perfectly as expected. I agree that the variable speed pump wont last and am looking at both of your suggestions since I am familiar with both the submersible and jet pump options. Thanks again!
At about 14:50 and after, I mention that the pump needs to run a minute or so after the pressure switch turns off. This does not apply to this set up.
I wish I were down there so I didn’t have to work on my stuff in a crawl space and freezing temps! Great video, at!
Thanks for the kind words and great video. Reducing 500+ cycles per day will certainly make the pump and everything last much longer. A couple of suggestions if you don't mind. Without a Cycle Stop Valve one minute to fill the pressure tank is bare minimum. But with a CSV tank fill time is not important as the CSV will not let the pump shut off until all taps are closed anyway. It would have been best to install the CSV1A at the well head between the well head tee and the faucet. That way even the faucet at the well head would be controlled and deliver constant pressure from the CSV. Then if you remove the extra check valve before the tank, as it is not needed, the faucet at the well head will work with the CSV on demand like everything else. The pressure relief valve still needs to pop off at 75 PSI in case the pressure switch fills with ants and fails to shut the pump off at 60 as it should. The pressure relief valve just needs to be installed on or after the CSV1A. The 3/4 port in the bottom of the CSV is after the working part of the CSV and is a good place to install the prv that is set at 75 PSI. Adding the CSV solved all your problems with the well pump.
Adding another CSV will solve all the problems you will soon have with the booster pump that supplies the RO water to the house. That is a variable speed booster pump which will give you lots of problems. It doesn't use a pressure tank and does come on every time a faucet is cracked open, which isn't good. The CSV system doesn't need much of a tank but uses all the water out of the tank before the pump comes on. Your booster system would work much better and last much longer if you used a regular shallow well jet pump with a PK1A kit to control it. You can also use a submersible well pump in the RO storage tank as a booster, which also works well with a CSV like comes in the PK1A kit. Have pictures and drawings of a jet or submersible booster pumps with a Cycle Stop Valve when you start having issues with the variable speed booster you have. All the best!!
Thanks for the feed back! Valve is working perfectly as expected. I agree that the variable speed pump wont last and am looking at both of your suggestions since I am familiar with both the submersible and jet pump options. Thanks again!
Wouldn’t a bigger tank fix this….. like a galvenized 220
It’s worth it! 😀