sewage ejector system with no float wire

#SEWAGE EJECTOR SYSTEM WITH NO FLOAT WIRE HOW TO#
#SEWAGE EJECTOR SYSTEM WITH NO FLOAT WIRE PLUS#

Control panel connections and watertightness.Have an electrician repair the circuit and possibly contact the energy provider. Low voltage at the pump will also cause thermal overload and shutdown. If you find that the power is too high or low at the power panel, you may need to contact the power company. Check that sufficient power is getting through the system by reading the voltage at the pressure switch, control box and at any other components that power is running through.

#SEWAGE EJECTOR SYSTEM WITH NO FLOAT WIRE PLUS#

The voltage provided is too low. Voltage needs to be at plus or minus 10% of motor ratings.Have the pump connected to a separate branch circuit. Have an electrician or the power company check the branch circuit voltage. Have the line voltage checked and compare it with the manufacturer's specifications. If the overload trips again, take corrective action. The pump motor overload tripped. Allow the pump to cool for five to 10 minutes, and then reconnect it.Call an electrician to repair the circuit. If the circuit breaker feeds power to other outlets or appliances, have an outlet installed so that the pump has its own breaker. The pump should be plugged into its own circuit breaker (or fuse). The branch circuit is wiring too small to carry the pump load. Have the line voltage checked and compare it with manufacturer's specifications.Replace the plug, clean the plug prongs with abrasive paper, or have the electrical receptacle replaced. The pump power cord is not properly wired and is making poor contact. If the system uses a piggyback plug-in, check the pump cord cap prongs for tightness and corrosion.Call an electrician to repair the circuit if needed. Note the size recommended by the pump manufacturer and pump nameplate rating. A fuse is blown or circuit breaker is tripped.First check your circuit breaker, and then try to use a multimeter or similar device to check wires in the septic system for damage to see what needs to be replaced. If the pump does not appear to be working at all, does not respond to any tests and is not pumping effluent, there may be a wiring problem. If you are not 100% confident you can perform any of these tests safely, call a professional. When a septic pump will not start, there are three main areas to check for problems: the electrical system, the pump itself and the controls.Įlectricity can be very dangerous, so always use caution when working with electricity and turn off power supply breakers when testing components within the electrical system. Since 1995 (3 years before Google started) has been THE best plumbing supplier on the web.Get Pumps articles, news and videos right in your inbox! Sign up now. we actually had periodic Infrared Surveys done on our electrical distribution system to locate bad connections and potential failure points before production was disrupted by a failure. I would say that if low voltage is observed your next call should be an electrician. If low voltage is present in many cases it can be resolved by tightening up the hot and neutral connections in the breaker panel, sometimes the problem may require tracing of the circuit and finding a bad connection in a junction box. Motor manufactures claim a 10% drop is okay so that would be 108 Volts. The voltage should be around 110-120 volts.

Re: Sewage ejector pump fails intermittently

Does this ever happen? The pump is on a 20 amp circuit, and we haven't experienced any other electrical problems in the house. I realize that I only ran the cold water, so maybe hot showers would contribute to overheating?Ģ.) The electrical wiring to the pump might be flakey. If this is true, then it's strange that it didn't overheat when I ran the water later in the day. My only two ideas are:ġ.) The pump might be overheating. We ran water for almost an hour, and the pump worked as expected. There was no visible debris in the pit, and float appeared to be unobstructed. When I arrived with the plumber later in the day, the pit was empty, so the pump eventually did turn on. The pump still did not run when they did this.

#SEWAGE EJECTOR SYSTEM WITH NO FLOAT WIRE HOW TO#

In order to try to drain the pit, they unplugged the pump, separated the pump's power plug from the switch plug, and plugged the pump's power plug directly into the outlet (I showed them how to do this in case of an emergency). The tenants opened the door to the pit's closet, and saw water coming out of the pit. Apparently, the flooding occured after the third shower in the morning. Yesterday I got a call from the the tenants saying that the basement had flooded a bit with sewage. It is a brand new pump, installed two weeks ago after the last (old) pump died.

The ejector pump is a Sta-Rite grinder (I forget the model). I own a rental unit with a sewage pit and ejector in the basement, which drains one heavily-used bathroom. Hi - I have a nasty ejector failure problem:

Sewage ejector system with no float wire