Reply With Quote120v or 240volt outlet.Originally Posted by asmart82
It can be done but may not be safe, and may not meet code.
What is this Outlet going to be used for ?
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Wiring an Electrical Outlet to Pump Pressure Switch
If I have a 3-wire pump, where would I connect the wires for the outlet inside the pressure switch so that the outlet only has power when the pump is on or would I be better off wiring it to the control box?
120v or 240volt outlet.
It can be done but may not be safe, and may not meet code.
What is this Outlet going to be used for ?
Don't pay someone to do a job fast, when you can do a half-fast job yourself.
I believe it is 240v, not sure but I can check. The outlet is going to be for a Stenner Chlorine pump.
I had the pump hooked directly up to the pressure switch but I would prefer to have it hooked to an outlet and I prefer not to buy a flow switch.
Here is a diagram for what I am trying to do but I am not sure which wire is which in the diagram. http://www.cleanwaterstore.com/techn...or_startup.pdf
Last edited by asmart82; 05-09-2012 at 10:59 AM.
All of the needed info is in the PDF file.
It would connect to the same output / switched connections on the pressure switch as your Well Pump.
If you do not understand the info in your PDF file then you may want a professional to help you.
Be careful playing with electric.
Don't pay someone to do a job fast, when you can do a half-fast job yourself.
I've got the outlet hooked up. The chemical pump works only when the well pump is on but the power alternates on and off randomly for the chemical pump. Any idea what might be causing this? When I hook the pump up to a normal outlet, it is always on as it should be.
If it is not wired to the proper voltage it may be tripping the pumps internal overload protector.
Don't pay someone to do a job fast, when you can do a half-fast job yourself.
You were correct. It was a 120v pump on a 220v outlet. Bought a 220v motor and it fixed the problem. Thanks!
Nice that you got it working.
Enjoy.
Don't pay someone to do a job fast, when you can do a half-fast job yourself.
You could have made the 115 volt pump work. Just needed one wire to the pressure switch and the other to ground.
That is what I would have done. Or run a new wire with a neutral.
But to meet code it would have to be connected to a neutral, because it would be a current carrying conductor.
Don't pay someone to do a job fast, when you can do a half-fast job yourself.
Don, NO, I don't think you would have connected that wire to ground. I don't know why you even joked about it.
I am definitely not a pro plumber, but I am a pro crastinator
Doesn't the neutral go to the ground bar? Or am I mistaken?
Yes, (at the service panel) and that's the ONLY place where they are in effect connected to each other.Doesn't the neutral go to the ground bar? Or am I mistaken?
Last edited by BobL43; 06-22-2012 at 04:11 AM.
I am definitely not a pro plumber
Thanks Bob!
I was not joking.
That is how my 120V heat tape gets power from my Well pump switch for the winter.
It may not meet code but it works for whatever I want to plug into the 120V outlet.
Code is for City Slicker folks. We just Git-R-Done on the City Slicker Farms in Texas.
Don't pay someone to do a job fast, when you can do a half-fast job yourself.
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