Accumulator

[CLAN1]

Hi, any idea what pressure an accumulator should be??? 

Cheers ?

[frangar]

Couple of PSI below the pump cut in is a good starting place....somewhere around 7-9 psi...set it with water pump off and taps open.

[CLAN1]

Thank you ?

 

[Tony Brooks]

or about half the pump cut out pressure that is written on the pump is near enough to what @frangar said and may be easier.

[ditchcrawler]

54 minutes ago, frangar said:

Couple of PSI below the pump cut in is a good starting place....somewhere around 7-9 psi...set it with water pump off and taps open.

As most of the pumps seem to be 2 Bar + I would say7-9 is a bit low, maybe 15 would be better

[frangar]

13 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

As most of the pumps seem to be 2 Bar + I would say7-9 is a bit low, maybe 15 would be better

Cut in of my jabsco parmax 4 is 10 psi. That’s with cut out of 25psi. 

Edited March 7, 2021 by frangar

[nicknorman]

3 hours ago, CLAN1 said:

Hi, any idea what pressure an accumulator should be??? 

Cheers ?

Don’t forget that in order to check and adjust the accumulator air pressure, the water side has to be depressurised (pump off, taps open).

[frangar]

11 minutes ago, nicknorman said:

Don’t forget that in order to check and adjust the accumulator air pressure, the water side has to be depressurised (pump off, taps open).

As I said in the 2nd post down.....?

[ditchcrawler]

3 hours ago, frangar said:

Cut in of my jabsco parmax 4 is 10 psi. That’s with cut out of 25psi. 

And that's the problem, we don't know what the OP has, I just looked at Surflo spec.