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| looking@for.hlp 2008-01-29, 8:25 pm |
| When my sump runs and discharges fine but after the cycle it kicks on
and off about 3 or 4 times for like 2 seconds, not even long enough to
lift the water. Then it's fine till the next full discharge. This
happens after a full discharge cycle. Do you think it's the check
valve or float, or maybe the pump itself?
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| tnom@mucks.net 2008-01-29, 9:25 pm |
| On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:48:55 -0500, looking@for.hlp wrote:
>When my sump runs and discharges fine but after the cycle it kicks on
>and off about 3 or 4 times for like 2 seconds, not even long enough to
>lift the water. Then it's fine till the next full discharge. This
>happens after a full discharge cycle. Do you think it's the check
>valve or float, or maybe the pump itself?
It's the float switch.
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| looking@for.hlp 2008-01-30, 9:25 am |
| Thanks, I'll look at that today.
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:09:45 -0500, tnom@mucks.net wrote:
>On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:48:55 -0500, looking@for.hlp wrote:
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>It's the float switch.
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| hallerb@aol.com 2008-01-30, 1:25 pm |
| On Jan 30, 9:57=EF=BF=BDam, look...@for.hlp wrote:
> Thanks, I'll look at that today.
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> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:09:45 -0500, t...@mucks.net wrote:
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might be a bad check valve leaking some water back into the sump
causing the pump to short cycle
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| Rod.Clingaman@gmail.com 2008-02-06, 8:25 pm |
| On Jan 29, 10:09=A0pm, t...@mucks.net wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:48:55 -0500, look...@for.hlp wrote:
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> It's the float switch.
Any luck with this? Mine just started to do these symptoms today, and
if I hold the float switch up (on), then it will continue to do those
symptoms (turn on and off every 2 seconds for like 3 or 4 times,
sometimes longer. I then replaced the float switch with a new one,
and I get the same symtoms. Even though I just bought the new switch,
it still seemed like the switch was still the culprit, but I ruled it
out by bypassing the switch altogether, and it still shows the
symptoms...on for like 10 seconds, then on-off-on-off-on-off-on-off,
etc.....It's crazy and it makes me think that its a built-in mechanism
telling the owner that its on its last leg, and should be replaced
soon. I am interested to see what you discovered, since I couldn't
find these same symptoms anywhere else.
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