We drove to rapids to visit Stacey's parent last night and when we got home something sounded funny. The water in the tank was a down about an 1 1/2 inches and the pump in the sump was sucking air. Looked in the basement and we had a puddle of water under where the tank is. At first I thought the seal on the overflow leaked again but realized when I looked at the clock the power had shut down for awhile. It seemed my hole for the suction releash was plugged to the tank kept draining overflowing the sump.
So I made some water to fill the tank (4 gallons) and did some cleaning and drilled a bigger suction release hole. But when ever I plugged the pump for the sump back in it kept blowing the GFI (?) outlet. But if O plugged it into a regular outlet I had not problem with it. I had the same problem with this two weeks ago trying to restart the pump after a water change, but was able to get it started by unplugging the lights. So I'm assuming the outlet is somewhat fried. So right not I have the sump pump running from another outlet with an extension cord.
What do you think, is it the plug of pump that is the problem?
So I made some water to fill the tank (4 gallons) and did some cleaning and drilled a bigger suction release hole. But when ever I plugged the pump for the sump back in it kept blowing the GFI (?) outlet. But if O plugged it into a regular outlet I had not problem with it. I had the same problem with this two weeks ago trying to restart the pump after a water change, but was able to get it started by unplugging the lights. So I'm assuming the outlet is somewhat fried. So right not I have the sump pump running from another outlet with an extension cord.
What do you think, is it the plug of pump that is the problem?
