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Since he manually pushed in the contactor, aka starter, and it didn't run, that would mean the contacts in the starter didn't make. Or the starter is dependent on 120v line power which passes through the float if it were making like 99% of home sewage pumps. By jumping around the contacts, and the motor ran, it just fortifies that train of thought. The float switch would only supply power to activate, aka pull in, the contactor. In other words, the float switch is control power to the starter. Whether the float switch is good or bad, by manually pushing in the starter or jumping around the starter, you have by-passed the float. If its running ok now, I suspect the starter is going bad or had trash on the contact points. We have an ant that loves to get into electrical stuff and that is a common problem with starters, pressure switches, etc. in this part of the country. Kinda rare to find a mag-starter on a home sewage pump. Pictures of what he's working with would be worth a thousand words. Yep, pics would help. And, if the power comes thru the float, that could be the problem.
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Whoops, I missed this.. I’m looking up schematics s for the Eaton C25BNB230A contactor to see if what I think does what, actually does. I know it’s gonna fail again soon…. So he's on the right track with his troubleshooting. The float is just the control leg for the coil in the contactor. I was scratching my head on the relay reference. I suppose it's a relay of sorts. Contacts wasted on the contactor, $23 bucks buy a new one, not really worth the time to try and clean-up. ![[Linked Image from m.media-amazon.com]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/518YcT-5b1L._AC_SY580_.jpg) Eaton C25BNB230A Compact Definite Purpose Contactor, 30A Inductive Current Rating, 2 Max HP Rating at 115V, 5 Max HP Rating at 230V, 120VAC Coil Voltage $23.50
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Seriously, the 24 HCF is the best dang communityon the web. Will upload a photo of the actual device, as wired. Because yes, it stopped working again today. If it was only her shidt, I’d just laugh it off, but the boys live there too… [img] https://flic.kr/p/2ntqFzw[/img]
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If only I could stick those lugs in the image with my tester
Do you know if the pump is 220 volt or 120, On a single pole breaker or double?
I can say for a fact that switch on the upper right don't work no more😉
That contactor looks rather new but that don't mean a lot.
The one leg of the control (float) circuit is wired funky, could end up being the/a issue.
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Seriously, the 24 HCF is the best dang communityon the web. Will upload a photo of the actual device, as wired. Because yes, it stopped working again today. If it was only her shidt, I’d just laugh it off, but the boys live there too… [img] https://flic.kr/p/2ntqFzw[/img] Since the relay is so cheap, why not just replace it? After all, it’s a “crap shoot” at this point right?
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