Jim,
I've used a State accumulator with no issues after several years. This was
in a rental home which was then sold.
Jack
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From: Shop-talk [mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jim
Franklin
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 8:03 AM
To: Shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shop-talk] State Pumpmate well pressure tanks? (was:Re: Well tank
losing air pressure)
My local supply house doesn't carry Amtrol but they do have State. I can't
find much on the web about their quality. Pricing is similar. Are they
decent? The hookups are the same, and it's 4 gallons bigger, which should be
ok (maybe give my cycling pump a rest)
thanks,
jim
On Sep 5, 2016, at 10:08 AM, Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org> wrote:
> Not long after posting this I finally found a video where some glorious
soul had taken one apart. My vision of the bladder holding the air was
incorrect; the bladder holds the water, and the air is inside the tank. I
then picked at a suspicious paint bubble and soaped it, and that's where I'm
losing the air, pinhole leak.
>
> Here's the video if you'd like to see the innards.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ybMRYrt8U
>
> jim
>
> On Sep 4, 2016, at 7:13 PM, Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org> wrote:
>
>> I have an Amtrol WX-203 (installed Sep 2009) and I need to add air more
and more often otherwise the pump short cycles like crazy. There's no water
spitting from the air valve and no air coming out of the faucets. Is it
still a shot tank? I soaped the air valve and don't see any bubbles. Can't
think where the air might be going. The tank isn't rusty except for the
round frame part at the bottom.
>>
>> Easy to replace and it'll probably cure it, but I'd really like to know
for sure. Google wasn't much help, surprisingly.
>>
>> thanks,
>> jim
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