I recently hooked up a shallow well jet pump to a 5,000gal tank. It seems primed when I open the outlet valve to pour water in, water flows out.
I flip the breaker and it makes an odd rough clicking sound as though it’s trying to pump. It soon stops making that sound and seems to be running properly and there is good pressure at the spigot.
When I close the spigot the pump shuts off. When I open the spigot there isn’t any pressure and the pump doesn’t cut-on.
I assumed that when I closed the spigot the pressure quickly built to the cut-off pressure, but that can’t be the case since there isn’t any pressure in the system when I re-open it. I’ve been told I need a pressure tank, which is in the plan, but that doesn’t seem like it would solve this problem.
Any suggestions?