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Cubeless
Citizen
Username: Cubey
Post Number: 26
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 4:55 pm: |     |
Now that the temperatures are finally getting back to normal...and we're in for some snow melt, I just went downstairs to check on the sump pump...dead...well, at least I think it is.
A few weeks ago when it was 2 degrees, I noticed the sump pump pipe was frozen outside. Knowing we weren't coming out of the sub-freezing temperatures any time soon, I unplugged the sump pump so it wouldn't attempt to pump water and potentially burn itself out.
Well, now when I plug it in, I get nothing. By any chance could there be a reset button or any other things I can check before I put in another one??(this one is about 3 years old).
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Master Plvmber
Citizen
Username: Master_plvmber
Post Number: 181
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 5:04 pm: | |
Are you sure the water is high enough to turn it on? Does it hum audibly? What is the brand/model number?
Master_Plvmber
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magmasystems
Citizen
Username: Magmasystems
Post Number: 202
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 5:13 pm: | |
Speaking of sump pumps....
Master Plumber wrote a great article on the theory and operation of sump pumps. It is on the www.MillburnWeb.com website. It's not light reading, but if you want to know how important a sump pump can be in a flood zone, please feel free to come by and read the article.
Marc
www.millburnweb.com
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Cubeless
Citizen
Username: Cubey
Post Number: 27
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 5:24 pm: | |
Actually I lifted the float manually to try and turn it on and nada...have to dig out the manual to find out model/make, etc. The water in there is way too murky....stay tuned.
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Cubeless
Citizen
Username: Cubey
Post Number: 28
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 5:31 pm: | |
OK, I'm a little embarrassed. After going downstairs to check for the brand/model of the pump, I had a brilliant though...I popped open the circuit box...sure enough the circuit for the sump pump was tripped. It's working like a charm now.
Duh.
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Davegateway
Citizen
Username: Davegateway
Post Number: 23
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 5:34 pm: | |
Before you go through all that, unplug the cord and see if there is a small, very narrow "straw" above the prongs. You may have to prime your pump. If you have this, that opening is the end of a tube that follows the electric cord into the body of the pump. What you have to do (I swear I'm not making this up) is suck some water up into this tube, hold your finger over the opening and then plug it in. |
Davegateway
Citizen
Username: Davegateway
Post Number: 24
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 5:35 pm: | |
Or you can check your circuit breakers. Never mind. |
Master Plvmber
Citizen
Username: Master_plvmber
Post Number: 183
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 5:43 pm: | |
magmasystems, I thought you took that article down. I can't seem to find it.
Master_Plvmber
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magmasystems
Citizen
Username: Magmasystems
Post Number: 205
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 6:17 am: | |
MasterPlumber,
The article has always been there. It's at:
http://www.millburnweb.com/Articles/SumpPump.htm |
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