Questions tagged [pump]
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Why isn't my well treatment tank emptying as expected?
I have a well system with a Chem-Tech XP peristaltic pump to reduce the sulfur smell in my water. I just bought the house so I don't have any history. The problem I am having is there is a 15 gallon ...
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timer stops but does not start back up [closed]
My timer does not start up at the desired time that I set it for. The pump shuts off at the desired time, but it appears to not move forward at that point.
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Septic system's old and new pump tripping circuit breaker
Recently, a storm caused a power outage in my neighborhood, and immediately afterward, my septic system started malfunctioning. The circuit breaker in the septic control box began tripping whenever ...
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Flooded home property advice [closed]
Long story short our 1/3 acre property floods and I need to run 3 different pumps full time to pump water to the street. When we get a few inches of rain in an hour.
Need flood remediation help in ...
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How can I prevent my fountain's water from turning green?
We just moved into this house 1 month ago and the fountain water obviously had not been cared for for months. I tried pumping out as much of the existing water and putting in new water as well as ...
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Sump Pump on exterior perimeter of house to drain crawl space?
Hoping someone can clarify something for me. i am getting a sump pump installed in my crawl space (Pier & beam house) since we constantly get standing water under there. We got a couple of bids ...
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Increasing water flow in residential well system
The system is plumbed as follows: well pump -> pressure switch -> two 35 gal. accumulator tanks in parallel -> 2.5 cu ft pH adjustment tank -> 2.5 cu ft iron removal tank 1 -> 2.5 cu ft ...
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Wet spot on heat pump filter
My Trane heat pump is a couple of years old. I have noticed that when I change the filter there is a wet spot along the edge of the filter. First time it was at the back edge, and recent time at ...
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Any reason I can't connect two sewage ejector tanks with a hose?
I know this idea is probably wildly unprofessional, but I've been dealing with sewage overflowing when either one of my two below-grade sewage ejector pumps dies, OR one of the two float switches ...
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Dehumidifier with pump
Will a dehumidifier still allow water to flow out using gravity if the pump fails? Or will pump failure stop that route of water flow and only fill the bucket?
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Is this "leak" expected from a brand new sump pump?
I recently purchased a 1/3 HP everbilt sump pump from home depot and noticed it was leaking from the side, so I exchanged it for another one, thinking it was faulty.
The second one has the same leak.
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Water pump running for 30 minutes before stopping
Our water tank /well is losing water quite fast, much faster than usual. We switched off the water pump for 15 hrs to check if the tank was leaking but the level never moved. After turning the pump ...
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Pool pump shorted circuit
I have a dedicated circuit where the to my pool pump runs underground. It has shorted out somewhere but our electrician said that the breaker is still good and is sending current from our circuit box ...
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Power at pump house but won't run water pump
We lost water a few days ago and went and bought a new pump and everything after checking and making sure it wasn't anything more simple. We bought everything new including a new box. When we hooked ...
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Considering 3 possible sump pump backup solutions
I'm trying to decide on which of three possible paths to take for building a backup system for my two sump pumps. Here's the use case based on a flood event from last year.
My property has a high ...
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