Turning up the pressure?

My husband took a little walk on Tuesday and found that our well pressure valve that read 350 everyday is now reading 1500. Any thoughts?

Mary

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Permalink Reply by Brian Powers on January 30, 2014 at 3:21am

Mary-

It might be that you have a defective pressure gauge Bourdon tube or that something happened to damage the gauge mechanism. I would contact the operator of the well and request that the gauge be replaced..

Brian

Permalink Reply by gary smith on January 30, 2014 at 4:56am

hahahahahahaha.

Permalink Reply by Mary on January 30, 2014 at 4:00am

Thanks Brian. We've noticed a number of white trucks there this morning so assume that they are on it already.

Mary

Permalink Reply by Tony Yurina on January 30, 2014 at 5:38am

This issue could stem from a downstream hydrate or freeze, thus making the well rock pressure increase, or as Brian suggested, a faulty spring gauge, some of which are not rated for extremely cold service conditions. Namely glycerin filled gauges.  Speculation.

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