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I noticed that my well pump is wired directly into my circuit breaker panel. In order to turn off power
to the pump I have to turn off the main breaker, which turns off all of the electricity to my house. How do I fix this problem?
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To be in compliance with the
Code, there should be a switch near the pressure tank to disconnect all power to the well pump for servicing (this means a
two-pole switch should be used if your pump operates on 240 volts) and there should be an appropriately sized circuit breaker
for the well pump located in your service panel. A correctly sized breaker will protect the pump and wiring in the event of
a fault, since the main breaker is too large to provide this type of protection.
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I have a 115/230 volt well pump wired for 115 volts. It
gets hot very quickly and shuts off after a few seconds. It’s connected to a 20 amp double pole breaker. It seems to
me that isn’t correct and could be the cause of the overheating?
If it's wired for low voltage (115 volts) and you connected it to a double pole
breaker, then you most likely burned it up. You need to match the pump voltage requirements to the circuit size feeding it
for the next pump you purchase.
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My septic tank has a 120 volt aerator on top under the
concrete lid on a dedicated circuit. Is ground fault protection required?
Usually GFCI protection is not required for this type of application, but your building
inspector would have the final say.
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