Pump not pumping

Jim79 · 2022-02-23 20:02:35

My parents place has an underground water tank that supplies the house. Post the recent power outage the pump has not come back on. there is definitely power going to the pump. I went to the attic and there is a float switch there it has 440V 10A written on it. It switches(confirmed with ohm meter) i notice that it has…

23-02-2022 09:02PM

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Jim79

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My parents place has an underground water tank that supplies the house. Post the recent power outage the pump has not come back on. there is definitely power going to the pump. I went to the attic and there is a float switch there it has 440V 10A written on it. It switches(confirmed with ohm meter) i notice that it has 120V when the switch is engaged.
Is that right do they operate off 120V. Or is it that the problem?

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#2 23-02-2022 09:05PM

realdanbreen

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If you toggle the float up and down does it work?

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#3 23-02-2022 09:11PM

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Have a tug to see will it work

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#4 23-02-2022 09:16PM

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yeah it goes between 120v when on and a nominal amount of mili volts when off

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#5 01-03-2022 09:46AM

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Update there was a reset switch on the underside of the pump. Its working again:)

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