Figure my job out for monday please, i've got to go out on the lash, ta

[GBDamo]

Mondays job,

"Isolation switch for the pump keeps shorting" Location: basement

That's it, all the detail you'll ever need.

Four hour round trip.


Come on smart arses diagnoses please.


My money is on a genuine high load, motor bearing gone or some such. Turn up, clamp it, prove it high = "you need a new pump, ta ta"

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Loose connection in the isolator.

 

[Squid]

Pump failed basement flooded.

 

[Richard Burns]

Underrated switch for the new pump they had installed.

 

[GBDamo]

Underrated switch for the new pump they had installed.

Was just thinking that my self, probably put on a light switch.

 

[GBDamo]

Pump failed basement flooded.

Good point, i'll take my waders.

 

[Andy78]

Rat stuck in pump.

 

[buzzlightyear]

keeps shorting" Location: basement

rats chewed through the cable .

 

[littlespark]

Nah. I’m on holiday as of 5pm tonight. Brain disengaged for a week

 

[TJ Anderson]

Mondays job,

"Isolation switch for the pump keeps shorting" Location: basement

That's it, all the detail you'll ever need.

Four hour round trip.


Come on smart arses diagnoses please.


My money is on a genuine high load, motor bearing gone or some such. Turn up, clamp it, prove it high = "you need a new pump, ta ta"

All you know for certain, from that description, is you have either a fault current or overload condition. Other than that, you are just guessing until you get there.