In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 21 Feb 2024 15:27:28 -0800 (PST), Dean
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hoffma...@gmail.com> wrote:
good point. Replace the breaker with a new one -- they're not
expensive, are they -- or switch it with another breaker that is
supposed to be the same size.
In the apartment building I lived in 10 years, a water pump pumped water
into a tank in the basement, and an air pump pumped air into the top of
that tank. Neither pump was supposed to run all the time. I think the
water pump re-started when the water level in the tank went below a
certain level.
The air pump restarted when the air pressure in the tank went below a
certain setting. I think t he air pump restarted more often than the
water pump. As water was used from the tank, the empty portion of the
tank increased and the air pressure dropped. At a certain point it went
back on. I'm pretty sure the air pump was much smaller than the water
pump because air weighs less than water, and I saw both pumps.
This system provided water from the basement to the 6th floor of our
buiding. (Above 6 floors a different system was necessary, and iiuc
required by NYC building code A tank on the roof I think.)
Any chance the OP could add an airpump to his system. Presumably the
system is already airtight at least under the water, and probably above
the water too. Oh, does he have a tank now?
After a new ignorant owner bought the building, things didn't work as
well, and when a toilet was flushed (since the toilets used
flushometers, not tanks), the cold water pressure on the 5th floor
dropped so much that a shower became too hot to bear, if it had been
okay before hand, or became acceptable if had been too cold before. So I
began to take baths instead.