A friend of mine has been homeless for a few months now. They got into a place and the land lord is letting them fix stuff up to float the rent. There water well was tripping the breaker so I came over to trouble shoot. I found a short in the line to the pressure switch and the pressure switch was acting funny. I replaced the pressure switch and the line going to it. Now it's all back together and when you turn on the well you feel "bumping" from the pump and hear a little bit of water coming up and the the breaker trips. It's a half horse 115v pump. Shouldn't pull more than 10a. It's pulling 35a and runs for 5sec before tripping the breaker. I suspect it could be a bad start capacitor. What do y'all think?
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He jumped the gun and bought a new pump. It's a two wire pump and his is 3-wire. Does that mean I can do away with the whole control panel and just go straight to the pressure switch with it? Trying to decide which route to go.
If it's easier to just call me then go for it. 281-five hundred 7- eighty one 81
Thanks in advance.
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Next question
He jumped the gun and bought a new pump. It's a two wire pump and his is 3-wire. Does that mean I can do away with the whole control panel and just go straight to the pressure switch with it? Trying to decide which route to go.
If it's easier to just call me then go for it. 281-five hundred 7- eighty one 81
Thanks in advance.
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