Well, among the household items burned out by my power surge was my
sump pump. Going undetected for a couple of day I discovered 6+
inches of standing water in my finished basement.

With that aside my concern is the condition of my ejector pump in my
septic tank. Other than digging up the cover and manually activating
the float switch, can any on you industrious readers suggest/recommend
a method that I can use prior to or hopefully without digging it up?

Thanks

On Sep 20, 4:17*am, wrote:
Well, among the household items burned out by my power surge was my
sump pump. *Going undetected for a couple of day I discovered 6+
inches of standing water in my finished basement.

With that aside my concern is the condition of my ejector pump in my
septic tank. *Other than digging up the cover and manually activating
the float switch, can any on you industrious readers suggest/recommend
a method that I can use prior to or hopefully without digging it up?

Thanks

If you have an ejector pump, surely electric bit is on the surface?
That is the point of an ejector pump.

I assume we are talking about two separate pumps.
Have you any reason to suppose the septic tank pump is faulty?
It would only be subject to your "surge" if actually running at the
time.
I suggest you turn on a few faucets and monitor the elctricity meter
or the pump and see if it works.

A few years ago I built an elaborate sensing system for my septic pump.
It uses a current sensing circuit that activates a solid state relay.
The relay operates a timer and a chime type doorbell that chimes three
times when the pump is operating. This normally happens two times a
day.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')

On 9/19/2011 11:17 PM, wrote:
Well, among the household items burned out by my power surge was my
sump pump. Going undetected for a couple of day I discovered 6+
inches of standing water in my finished basement.

With that aside my concern is the condition of my ejector pump in my
septic tank. Other than digging up the cover and manually activating
the float switch, can any on you industrious readers suggest/recommend
a method that I can use prior to or hopefully without digging it up?

Thanks

They actually buried the access plate? The whole point of the access is
to be able to easily get at the pump.

There isn't much to troubleshoot. Verify there is power, verify the
switch contacts are good and if it doesn't work replace the entire pump
or possibly only the motor depending on the pump.

On 9/20/2011 8:50 AM, ---MIKE--- wrote:
A few years ago I built an elaborate sensing system for my septic pump.
It uses a current sensing circuit that activates a solid state relay.
The relay operates a timer and a chime type doorbell that chimes three
times when the pump is operating. This normally happens two times a
day.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')


There are various commercial tank alarms that can also that can be
purchased. At least in the nearby areas to here (we have central sewers)
they are either part of a standard install or maybe a code requirement.

On 9/20/2011 10:52 AM, George wrote:
On 9/19/2011 11:17 PM, wrote:
Well, among the household items burned out by my power surge was my
sump pump. Going undetected for a couple of day I discovered 6+
inches of standing water in my finished basement.

With that aside my concern is the condition of my ejector pump in my
septic tank. Other than digging up the cover and manually activating
the float switch, can any on you industrious readers suggest/recommend
a method that I can use prior to or hopefully without digging it up?

Thanks

They actually buried the access plate? The whole point of the access is
to be able to easily get at the pump.

There isn't much to troubleshoot. Verify there is power, verify the
switch contacts are good and if it doesn't work replace the entire pump
or possibly only the motor depending on the pump.

Plumber checked my well pump with VOM to find it was drawing way to much
power, which was why it was cutting out, and needed replacement.

On Sep 20, 12:29*pm, Frank wrote:
On 9/20/2011 10:52 AM, George wrote:





On 9/19/2011 11:17 PM, wrote:
Well, among the household items burned out by my power surge was my
sump pump. Going undetected for a couple of day I discovered 6+
inches of standing water in my finished basement.

With that aside my concern is the condition of my ejector pump in my
septic tank. Other than digging up the cover and manually activating
the float switch, can any on you industrious readers suggest/recommend
a method that I can use prior to or hopefully without digging it up?

Thanks

They actually buried the access plate? The whole point of the access is
to be able to easily get at the pump.

There isn't much to troubleshoot. Verify there is power, verify the
switch contacts are good and if it doesn't work replace the entire pump
or possibly only the motor depending on the pump.

Plumber checked my well pump with VOM to find it was drawing way to much
power, which was why it was cutting out, and needed replacement.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

My field pump up system has an alarm. Came that way. I'm guessing
it's code now. It's only 7 years old.

On 9/19/2011 11:17 PM, wrote:
Well, among the household items burned out by my power surge was my
sump pump. Going undetected for a couple of day I discovered 6+
inches of standing water in my finished basement.

With that aside my concern is the condition of my ejector pump in my
septic tank. Other than digging up the cover and manually activating
the float switch, can any on you industrious readers suggest/recommend
a method that I can use prior to or hopefully without digging it up?

Thanks

There shouldn't be a pump in your septic tank. Most likely, you have a
separate tank adjacent to the septic tank, where the liquids are drained
off the top of the septic tank into. From the effluent tank the liquids
are probably pumped uphill to your fields. At some location you should
be able to get to the place where the pump gets it's power. At that
location you can hang an ammeter on the wiring to the pump, run some
water, then see what kind of current the pump is drawing

On Sep 20, 6:26*pm, RBM wrote:
On 9/19/2011 11:17 PM, wrote:

Well, among the household items burned out by my power surge was my
sump pump. *Going undetected for a couple of day I discovered 6+
inches of standing water in my finished basement.

With that aside my concern is the condition of my ejector pump in my
septic tank. *Other than digging up the cover and manually activating
the float switch, can any on you industrious readers suggest/recommend
a method that I can use prior to or hopefully without digging it up?

Thanks

There shouldn't be a pump in your septic tank. Most likely, you have a
separate tank adjacent to the septic tank, where the liquids are drained
off the top of the septic tank into. From the effluent tank the liquids
are probably pumped uphill to your fields. At some location you should
be able to get to the place where the pump gets it's power. At that
location you can hang an ammeter on the wiring to the pump, run some
water, then see what kind of current the pump is drawing

There's newer tanks that are compartmentalized. Solids with waste
water go into one side. Other side has pump. That's how mine works.
Pump then pumps the water up to a distribution box at the top of the
field.