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I recently had to replace a sump pump (would not turn off -switch must have went bad). The old pump was a submersible only about 8" tall with no external float (was told it was possibly preasure senative) was a Little Giant (like this:http://www.everygenerator.com/Little-Giant-Pumps-6-CIM-R-50627-X-LGP1039.html) . I replaced it with a flowtec with a ball type float (Model FP0S3200A). The switch and float work manually, but I have never seen or heard the pump kick in since I installed a week-ago.
If I engage the switch manually (by lifting the float) it sent everything out. No water comes thru the side pipe in the pit, but the pit fills again in ~5 minutes to a level that never rise an inch or so above the bottom of the side pipe. Under normal cercumstances the water would have to rise another 3" or so for the float to rise high enough. I have disconnected the sump from the check valve before the pit fills to ensure the water is not coming back in thru the pump.
What concerns me is that I emptied the pit 5 times with in about an 1/2 hour after it reached the level of the pipe and water kept coming in. I guess the question is where is the water coming from and why does it stop at the level of the pipe? Sould I be concerned? On reason I am concened is when our house was built (3 years ago) a Radon vent was installed and it operation was completely silent up until 3 days ago and I can't help but think these may be related.
I did purchase a Simer with a 8" vertical float today, thinking that would help the situation, but I don't want to open it if it's not going to fix my problem.
Any help is greatly appriciated.
If I engage the switch manually (by lifting the float) it sent everything out. No water comes thru the side pipe in the pit, but the pit fills again in ~5 minutes to a level that never rise an inch or so above the bottom of the side pipe. Under normal cercumstances the water would have to rise another 3" or so for the float to rise high enough. I have disconnected the sump from the check valve before the pit fills to ensure the water is not coming back in thru the pump.
What concerns me is that I emptied the pit 5 times with in about an 1/2 hour after it reached the level of the pipe and water kept coming in. I guess the question is where is the water coming from and why does it stop at the level of the pipe? Sould I be concerned? On reason I am concened is when our house was built (3 years ago) a Radon vent was installed and it operation was completely silent up until 3 days ago and I can't help but think these may be related.
I did purchase a Simer with a 8" vertical float today, thinking that would help the situation, but I don't want to open it if it's not going to fix my problem.
Any help is greatly appriciated.
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