![]() Normal disassembly procedure is to remove both the Pressure Tank and Neutralizer before demounting the Rear and Left Wall panels to help prevent damage to the plumbing. We removed the last 2 wall panels with the Neutralizer in place knowing that it was going to be replaced. You can see the larger wet area indicating that the Neutralizer leak had gotten worse with time. PIC 1 taken later before the new installation started shows the McClean Neutralizer with the pressure tank and the remaining 2 Water Treatment Shed wall panels removed. When troubleshooting the failed pressure tank earlier I had noticed that the concrete pad was wet around just the base of the Neutralizer which indicated a leak. The failed pressure tank was removed and the pressure tank inlet union was blocked so that the water system and Neutralizer could continue operation along with the pressure tank at the well. Nice to have a spare pressure tank! Around March of 2015 the Shed Roof and the Front and Right Wall panels were removed. A replacement pressure tank was purchased sometime later however we decided to wait until warmer weather to replace it since part of the Shed would have to be demounted to do this and there was no urgent fix needed. Late in 2014 we had a failure of the bladder in the pressure tank in the Water Treatment Shed at the house. All of this equipment has been in service for over 16 years except for a new Cycle Stop Valve installed this year which I love and for the submersible pump which was replaced in September 2013 due to a blown motor start capacitor. Well water in the Piedmont section of NC is typically acidic to varying degrees. The Shed was constructed and water treatment components installed in 1999. Located at the house is my "Water Treatment Shed" which contains a 32 gallon pressure tank and an up-flow Chemical Engineering Corp MacClean UN1000 Acid Neutralizer with a 10X48 tank sold as a 1 cu-ft unit. Pressure tank size at the well head is 24 gallons. The present 1 HP pump feeds a standard pressure switch control set around 41/62 psig after passing through a particulate filter. The submersible pump is located at 225 feet. Static water level is usually no more than 15 feet or so from the top of the well. Water supply at 360 feet is well over 25 GPM. Some background - My well is located around 125 feet from my house. In the Summer of 2015 I began a project to replace my existing MacClean Acid Neutralizer which I installed in 1999 however the original goal was to only replace a pressure tank with a ruptured diaphragm - a significant turn of events and a much larger project than expected. INSTALLATION OF A MID ATLANTIC 1.5 CU-FT UPFLOW NEUTRALIZER - WATSON GABRIEL Our customer down in Stanley North Carolina did his own installation and documented it for us. ![]()
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