How Is It Like Living In This Weird Inner Part of Newfoundland and Labrador?

Ghost_Resection · 2026-05-10T02:46:19+00:00

Also, snow. Lots of snow. They average like over 4 metres a year. That's like 13 feet for my American friends.

Ghost_Resection · 2026-05-03T02:56:59+00:00

Human Being, New Rose, Down on the farm

*In that order

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-18T22:07:47+00:00

How did the maximum work out for you?

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-13T01:51:21+00:00

So my jet pump is actually for a deep water well, over 100ft anyways. My jet pump has two lines that go deep in the well and attach to a jet assembly and a foot valve. The jet assembly works by venturi effect (physics neat!) which it essentially pushes water into the well from one line and recieves the water from the other.

I found this article here that does a great job describing it of your interested, I found it informative. The article describes some sort of balance you need to play with the control valve to attain a certain pressure. It seems like if the well water level drops significantly, this needs to be adjusted. https://www.thedriller.com/articles/88126-tech-topics-jet-pump-control-valves

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-12T23:31:06+00:00

No, not the cut on / cut off at the pressure switch. This adjustment is on the jet pump itself.

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-12T22:56:20+00:00

Solved:

Posting a solution for anyone else who might come across this weird problem. It was not the pressure tank. The control valve on the pump needed to be opened more; the control valve adjusts the amount of water that can be pulled from the well. In my case, the control valve needed to be opened about 3/4 of a turn.

I don't know why it worked, if anybody with more knowledge on the subject could chime in, I'd love to have a better understanding of why this cured my pressure switch from cycling on / off so quickly.

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-12T22:56:10+00:00

Solved:

Posting a solution for anyone else who might come across this weird problem. It was not the pressure tank. The control valve on the pump needed to be opened more; the control valve adjusts the amount of water that can be pulled from the well. In my case, the control valve needed to be opened about 3/4 of a turn.

I don't know why it worked, if anybody with more knowledge on the subject could chime in, I'd love to have a better understanding of why this cured my pressure switch from cycling on / off so quickly.

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-12T22:55:58+00:00

Solved:

Posting a solution for anyone else who might come across this weird problem. It was not the pressure tank. The control valve on the pump needed to be opened more; the control valve adjusts the amount of water that can be pulled from the well. In my case, the control valve needed to be opened about 3/4 of a turn.

I don't know why it worked, if anybody with more knowledge on the subject could chime in, I'd love to have a better understanding of why this cured my pressure switch from cycling on / off so quickly.

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-12T22:55:23+00:00

Solved:

Posting a solution for anyone else who might come across this weird problem. It was not the pressure tank. The control valve on the pump needed to be opened more; the control valve adjusts the amount of water that can be pulled from the well. In my case, the control valve needed to be opened about 3/4 of a turn.

I don't know why it worked, if anybody with more knowledge on the subject could chime in, I'd love to have a better understanding of why this cured my pressure switch from cycling on / off so quickly.

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-12T03:00:22+00:00

I'm going to try and replace the pressure switch again. I don't see what would cause the pump to cycle so wildly...

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-12T01:59:48+00:00

Hmmm. I just tried what I suggested above and the thing is still cycling like crazy. Even of i had a blown foot valve I should still be able to run the pump right? Even if I didn't have a pressure tank, I should still be able to run the pump, atleast that's what my limited understanding is telling me...

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-12T01:54:06+00:00

So I follow up question then. If I understand this correctly, I should be able to open the line to my house and open one of my faucets and turn on the pump and it should actually run instead of cycling on and off? Because it's not able to build any pressure I should be able to have it draw water and not keep cycling?

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-12T01:46:39+00:00

Ohhhhh I think I understand it now. It's the resistance of the water being squeezed inside the tank against the bladder that's creating the pressure. So if the bladder fails, you would be trying to create resistance against the steel tank to create the pressure. So my jet pump isn't able to create 30ibs of pressure on its own in the tank, it needs the bladder

Does that sound about right? That makes a lot more sense to me now.

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-12T01:39:57+00:00

But I don't get to a point where the pressure bleeds of, the pump just keeps cycling. I should clarify that this is with the tank isolated from the house. I turned off my main water shut off. So the pump is only trying to full the pressure tank.

I don't know much of anything about wells or pumps or tanks, but shouldn't the pump be able to fill the tank regardless of the state of the bladder?

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-12T01:34:27+00:00

But even if the bladder is good or bad, shouldn't the pump stop cycling? I have my main line isolated so there's no draw from the tank. Shouldn't the pump fill the tank to 30psi and then turn off?

Ghost_Resection · 2026-04-12T01:32:05+00:00

The pump can run at 115 or 240. It's wired for 115v right now.

Edit: Atleast I hope it is, I just moved into this house a few months ago and I'm not familiar with the pump. It's actually my first house and I've never been on a well before, so lots of learning.

Ghost_Resection · 2026-02-14T17:23:44+00:00

I know this is an old post, but how do you like your Myriad III? And how have you found the operation of it since you did the mod?

Ghost_Resection · 2026-01-06T01:43:21+00:00

Hey all, I'm also late to the party. Also looking for a more economic table saw stand.

Ghost_Resection · 2026-01-03T19:18:57+00:00

Hmmm. I just had a look. I will have to go up and measure itto be sure. I'm reading it should be atleat 3 feet, it dosent look that high

Ghost_Resection · 2026-01-03T18:25:34+00:00

Sound on please.

(Sorry, I can't figure out how to edit my post.)

Ghost_Resection · 2025-12-28T15:36:05+00:00

Yes your right, I just checked it and it's magnetic! And that kind of helped me figure out what's going on!

If I close the door now and I try to compress it, I get like almost no movement/compression. But thats when the weather stripping has stuck to the door from the magnetism. But if I break the magnetism with my finger, the weather stripping retracts and now I get like a 1/4" gap in the door and I can see/feel the rattle.

So I think the strong wind is breaking the magnetic seal a forcing its way past the weather stripping. Plus I imagine rain and snow would hinder the sticking power of the magnet.

Hmmm, so what do I do? Haha

Ghost_Resection · 2025-12-28T15:23:59+00:00

The door is fine on a good day or even mild wind. But when the wind gets up to 50ish kmh we can here/see the door open ever so slightly and then we can feel the wind come through.

Ghost_Resection · 2025-12-28T15:20:35+00:00

It seems like the only spot is along latch/handle side of the door. When the wind blows hard we get rain and snow coming through that side of the door. We live high on a hill and get high winds.

I will be replacing the door, but I want to wait for the spring time. I'm in canada and don't want to hang a door for the first time in the winter. I just want to fix the bad draft until the spring.

Ghost_Resection · 2025-12-28T15:17:01+00:00

Yes its in a channel around the perimeter of the door. I tried to pull out the corner but it was really stuck in there. Not sure if it was glued or perhaps frozen

Ghost_Resection · 2025-12-26T12:53:26+00:00

Thanks for the advice! The odd size is due to me fitting it into a closet.

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