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Joseph Meehan Joseph Meehan is offline
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Default sump pump delay switch

Paul Oman wrote:
my sump pump is in an earthen pit and ground water seeps in causing
the electronic float switch to cycle on and off about every 90
seconds. I am looking for a delay off switch that would delay the
pump from turning off for 10 or 15 seconds so that the of-off cycling
would be greatly reduced. Cannot find such a 'delay' switch /
electrical plug. Any ideas?
paul


The come in many flavors. Some have "stops" that can be moved. My
current one has a screw adjustment as it uses a pressure switch rather than
a float switch.

I wonder if you might profit from finding out why you have so much water
needing to be pumped. Maybe you need the grade around your home adjusted.

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