I flushed my well and it ran out of water

Question

I tried to flush my well water system today. I poured a water and bleach combination into my well. I ran all my faucets for about 10 minutes until I smelled bleach then let the system sit for about 5 hours. I then ran all the faucets very slowly for about 1 hour. I was outside then noticed my garden hose wasn't spitting water out. I went inside and the same was happening with my faucets. I immediately shut everything off thinking that I had drained my well. I have waited for almost 2 hours now and still nothing. The water pressure gage on the holding tank shows about 25 psi (normally it is right in that neighborhood) I have noticed the pump circuit is making a buzzing noise for 2 seconds then shutting off. Did I s***w something up or should I wait to see until the morning?

Answer 1

Sounds like you have lost the prime in your pump.Fill pump with water and try again.

Answer 2

you have an electrical short.  most water wells use 240V AC.  240V for the initial start and 120V to run. sound like you have lost one phase. check breaker for trip. next step check capacitor. next step pull well and replace pump

Answer 3

You may have drained all of the air out of the tank. Do you have a bladder in the tank? If not you will have to find where to add air. Also the pressure switch may have broken

Another thing is a plugged well screen. Is your pump a submersable or a shallow well? Good luck.

Answer 4

A well system is not meant to have that much bleach pumped through it...any seals ,o rings, rubber grommets, or washers may have very well been eaten up from the bleach..I have painted for 37 years and have seen people use bleach in many items that it iterally deteriated it...Wells do not use solvent resistant o rings and seals for they are not meant to have chemicals ran through them..just water..solvent resistant seals they use in airless sprayers, bug sprayers, pressure washers etcetera..not water only applications..these solvent resistant seals are called "neoprene" in which a well system does not use..they use common rubber ones..which bleach loves to digest..