Posted by Dan-IA on September 15, 2009 at 11:04:55 from (66.43.223.12):
Got me a Flotec 220V 1/2HP submersible water pump in the well. Lately I have been seeing the lights blink when I pumped water.
Checked out the control box and it was all black on top of the run capacitor. Best I could figure by the cocoon on the bottom was that a caterpillar crawled in the box, hatched out as a moth and landed on top of the run cap. Whether it was dead when juice was applied or not we'll never know, but what was left when I found it looked more like pinfeathers from a bird and a big black spot on the cover. Virtually nothing left.
But my question is this. It's a 220V pump. When I put the cover back on I bent the L1 pin the first time. Second time it went back okay and the pump runs, but it seems to me like the water rushing in doesn't seem so loud. Is it possible I'm only running it on 110V on the L2 side? I'm told that can cause overheating but on a submerged pump I don't expect that to be a problem. Is there an easy way to check if I am running 110 or 220 without pulling the control box cover back off? the pins lock together when you close the box.
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