- 1. [Shop-talk] Ejection pump system problem (score: 1)
- Author: jamesf@groupwbench.org
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 23:55:05 -0400 (EDT)
- Hi...I'm visiting a friend who is housesitting a friend of hers. That place has what appears to be a whole house sewage sump pump/ejection system, i.e. a large sealed (sort of) cylindrical tank burie
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- 2. Re: [Shop-talk] Ejection pump system problem (score: 1)
- Author: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:27:23 -0400
- Ah the joys of mountain living... uphill septic systems! I have a similar setup, but the catch tank is buried in the backyard, and about the size of a large trash can. 40 gal maybe? I live in fear of
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- 3. Re: [Shop-talk] Ejection pump system problem (score: 1)
- Author: jamesf@groupwbench.org
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:25:44 -0400 (EDT)
- They're bringing me beer :-) I'm from MA so I only "know" what I infer, but I hear that runoff, like from your roof, doesn't belong to you unless explicitly stated in the deed. Runoff here feeds Veg
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- 4. Re: [Shop-talk] Ejection pump system problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:02:39 -0700
- Or maybe the same crud is also blocking the check valve open slightly, and allowing backflow into the tank ? I don't know much about these systems; but I'm guessing the pump is centrifugal rather th
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- 5. Re: [Shop-talk] Ejection pump system problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Gordies Garage" <mg_garage@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 05:16:59 -0400
- Randall is correct, a blocked pipe would cause a centrifugal pump to dead head, pumps no water, but does not damage the pump as it's a no load. A blockage in an impeller would cause high amp draws an
- /html/shop-talk/2007-07/msg00130.html (9,288 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Shop-talk] Ejection pump system problem (score: 1)
- Author: "Stevie G" <stevie_g@swampfoxcustoms.com>
- Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 21:01:35 -0500
- If you are comfortable working around electricity, pull the cover off the breaker panel and make sure the screws that attach the wires to the breaker are tight. We scanned the panels at the hospital
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