Water, Water everwhere and not a drop to drink, reprise

We thought the addition of a new water pressure tank would bring us quiet days at the cottage with the pump running less frequently.

We. Thought. Wrong.

For reasons as yet undetermined, every time you run the water (and I'm talking about filling a cup with an inch of water), the pump cycles on then off then on then off then on then off... and continues in this vein for about a minute - longer if you pour more water. I'm sure this isn't good for the pump nor the water lines running throughout the cottage. Some Googling indicates the pump is "short cycling", but the cause of the short-cycling hasn't been uncovered. *sigh*

Another unfortunate byproduct of the thrashing water pump is the corresponding dip in power each time it turns on. If you're in a small dark room with the lights on, say,  like in a bathroom shower stall because you're applying grout to the tiles, you're subjected to a lengthy strobe light show. It's enough to make you a little twitchy.

I have a theory that the cottage equilibrium is thrown out of balance when there are no jobs left to do. It finds new jobs for us to ensure that we'll always be working on something. It's a needy place, the Lodge. Needy. This week's problems are next week's projects. And one of them is fiddling with the water pump.

*sigh*