QUOTE(haturaya @ Jul 10 2024, 09:57 AM)
Not supposed to do that.
Close all stop cork and see.
Check for any small leak.
Thanks for your help,haturaya!
You mean invidual stopcock that supply to bathroom and kitchen?
1. Close all
2. Open one by one
3. Find the ghost pump is cause by which area?
But unfortunately my old house don't have individual stopcock. only certain bathroom have it.
QUOTE(laksamana @ Jul 10 2024, 09:58 AM)
Usually, this means there is a minor leak somewhere in the piping system
My home has a pump as well, but I choose to just switch it off now
The situation with the on/off will usually worsen
Thanks for your input, laksamana.
My house is rather old and worry some piping might leak as well.
But upon checking, water meter is not running though.
Do you switch it on whenever is needed? I was thinking to only turn on when needed?
Would it spoil the pump if running on/off the switch?
QUOTE(SeNnDoh-7 @ Jul 10 2024, 10:04 AM)
seems like leak issue. this happened once at my hometown, fortunately we have pressure gauge, and immediately can see the pressure dropping once the pump stops. managed to find the leak, fix it, and no more frequent pump on/off
Thanks for your input, SeNnDoh!
So you would advise me to install a pressure gauge near the water pump? Before or after the water pump ya, I might hire plumber to get it installed.
And any tips to find the leak? Like your case, how you found it eventually?
QUOTE(SaiLenFatt @ Jul 10 2024, 10:06 AM)
If it's recently installed, most likely a leak. From my personal experience, it was from toilet side, 1) bidet left in 'on' position was slowly dripping water 2)flush not adjusted correctly, causing some water to slowly 'leak' into the toilet bowl. You may want to check your shower head as well if it's slowly dripping consistently, will also cause the pump to turn off and on.
There is another issue I had which caused pump to turn on and off which was on the pump side, was some setting or electronics at the pump but that was many years after installation. Had to get plumber to change a part, can't remember what it was but not user-solvable (at least for me).
Thanks for your assist, SaiLenFatt!
Yes, it's installed just few days ago.
Thanks for your tips! Would definitely check those areas.
I do have bidet in all toilet and the bidet eventually become harden after I installed pump. Would it be one of the issue that cause ghost pump?
This is something that I worried which my pump has some defect since it's just bought brand new and I am not the expertise to check.
My plumber is helpless. Might need to find someone to check the problem. That's why I seek help before hire another plumber.
lastly, guys, I was thinking to get an Aqara 20A smart switch where I can toggle ON and OFF through my phone and wireless switch that I going to install near my every bathroom and kitchen. Was toggle ON and OFF every time I use would spoil the water pump quickly?
Thanks a lot again guys for your help! It really mean a lot to me