Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: KS Cleaning on March 16, 2015, 04:56:31 pm
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What am I doing wrong? I bought a new Clarke pump, connected 1 1/2" hose, dropped it into the IBC, switched on at plug and nothing ??? I had a back up pump which I bought second hand, so switched over the transfer hose, dropped it in IBC , switched on and same again, nothing ??? HELP!
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There's usually an rcd button on the plug, have you tried pressing that?
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There's usually an rcd button on the plug, have you tried pressing that?
No rcd button on plug
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hmm a bit hard to try and diagnose the problem over the internet so......
I would first check that the socket you are plugging the pump into works and is not faulty, try plugging in a different appliance to see if it works.
If the socket works ok then it must be something with the pump although it seems unusual that 2 pumps will not work as you have stated.
Is the float switch rising up in the water?
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Sockets are fine, float switch is rising. The only thing I can think of is that I have put 1 1/2"tranfer hose on, I think the stepped adaptor thread it came with was only 1 1/4", so I put another one on it, surely it would still power up tho?
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if sockets are working, have you checked/swapped a fuse in plugs? hose should make no difference.
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if sockets are working, have you checked/swapped a fuse in plugs? hose should make no difference.
A had ruled that out as it's a brand new pump, but I will check the fuse out out tomorrow after work.
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Sorted, I didn't have enough water in the tank to activate pump :-[ Doh!
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If their is not enough water in tank but you can reach the float switch just lift it up above pump until pump kicks in .