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What your reading is true, they are junk.  They are made to go bad.  Planned obsolescence is a way of life with stuff like that.

With a jet pump size isn't all that important.  Just set the pressure switch where it won't allow the pump to cycle on and off when your using water.  The WX-202 is a good tank.  Yes, they are more money, but so are Cadillac's over KIA's.  Big difference in quality.

I guess it's good to be busy, but you do need time for yourself too.

Stay safe and we will see ya when we see ya.

Happy 4th!

Hey, hope you get the subscription to this.  Whee have you been???

Yeah, he built it.  He worked real hard putting it all together.  Maybe he will check in and let us know what's going on with him.  Maybe he's just been real busy.

It is very hard on a motor to let it cycle.  All pump motors are continuous duty motors and running 24/7 is what they would like to do.  When a motor starts; the starting amperage is three to five times the actual running amps.  This builds head quickly, so the more starts in a short time, the more heat.  Once started, the built in fan will cool the motor as it runs and will keep it at a comfortable temperature for the motor.  This is not to say you should lay your hand on the motor in Tampa in the month of August.

It could be the switch and it could be an ant between the points keeping the juice from flowing to the pump.  Those little ants are tough little guys.

If you can reach the tank, try to roll it a little.  If it's light, it's probably ok.  If it's heavy, it's probably bad.  If you do put in a new tank, remember that the pressure switch needs to be with the tank.

I think  your going to find out that your drop pipe has holes caused by electrolysis.  This is not common, but it happens a lot.  As the holes get bigger and more plentiful, the pressure will keep going down.  If you were to allow the pump to keep running for a while with no faucets open, the water around and in the pump is going to get very hot and eventually nuke the impellers in the pump.  This also lowers pressure.

I am quite sure you will have to pull it and replace the pump and pipe.

The reason your pressure goes to 40 real fast is because of the air pressure in the tank pushing the bladder down.  The tank can't take in water until the pump overcomes that 38 psi.  five to ten minutes is quite a long time for a submersible pump to fill a tank.

If you could undo the line from the well and run it wide open, you could see how much water is coming from the pump and/or if the pump is pulling the water in the well down to the pumps inlet.  This condition would make the water come out then quit and would just keep doing this if the well is not keeping up with the pump.  You could still have a hole or two in the drop pipe.  No way of telling that if you have a check valve up top.

Can you post some pictures?

Sounds like you did the right thing with the tank.  What brand it is?  Model #?

The gauges I sell and most Well Drillers/Pump guys sell are extremely cheap and aren't expected to be super accurate or to last very long.  So one or both of your gauges are probably not on the money.  The pressure in your system will be the same throughout once water movement stops.  The fact that you have a 30/50 switch and that gauge is reading 30/50, I would say the downstream gauge is ten pounds off.

What brand tank did you have and what do you have now?