Originally Posted By: jamesyarbrough
Hello all. Im having an issue with a well. Its about 30 years old and is at a depth of 1100 feet. Today while watering I noticed the water pressure dropped down and then when it came back up there was a bunch of muddy water. Soon after that the water pressure dwindled to nothing. I went into the well house to look around and noticed the pump control box was smoking. I opened the box and found the start capacitor was extremely hot but tested to the manufacturer spec of 70 mfd.

Any advice would be helpful, as I know nothing about wells.

Thank you


If your start cap is leaking its bad even if it reads good. Before you go crazy 99.9% of the time it is something very very simple. Do not over think it or stress over it. Start caps are cheap replace first.

Cheers Don.

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