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sump pump outlet circuit breaker tripped
Our basement flooded with about 1" of water in the unfinished area
(concrete) and most of the carpeted area wet. This was after a lot of rain and melting snow in the last few days in Detroit. Turned out the breaker on the sump pump outlet had tripped and caused it to stop pumping. I want to know some reasons why the breaker tripped so I can prevent this from happening again. Is it just because the pump was running a lot due to large volume of water, is it due to a failing pump, could there possibly be a short, or what else can trip a breaker? I did notice some pebbles getting stuck in the pump's inlet area. Don't know if they can get sucked into the pump and cause the motor to draw too much current or is there some sort of screen which keeps large debris out?? The pump and switch are both functioning with the breaker reseted. The pump is about 8 years old Hydromatic with a diaphragm switch (piggyback electrical plug style). The switch broke in December so I replaced it with a float style from Lowes (also piggyback electrical plug style). I would imagine the float switch is pretty simple and not much can go wrong with it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. |
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