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Barry959 (NY)
Have a three year old septic system where the effluent is pumped from the second tank and into a septic field. The septic alarm has been going off around two to three times a day for around 10 seconds and then shuts off. Had the system pumped and no water is coming from the house since I was worried about a plumbing issue in the house. I noticed that the alarm will go off whether the system is being used or hasn't been used for 8 hours. Anyone have an idea of what is causing this?
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m & m (MD)
Have you opened up the effluent tank to check the physical position of the alarm float? It should be in the “down” position.
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packy (MA)
probably an issue with the float/s?
somebodys gotta dig to the cover of the second tank, lift the cover and figure it out.
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Barry959 (NY)
The float is downm
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Barry959 (NY)
The second tank was looked at the the float is down. Everything appears normal when visual inspected.
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packy (MA)
aren't there 2 floats?
one turns the pump on/off.
the other float triggers the alarm if the on/off float fails.
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Barry959 (NY)
Two floats are there and both seem to work properly when I pull up on them. I called the guy who installed and he is coming tomorrow. The previous plumber I call didn't know what the problem was.
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packy (MA)
if the alarm keeps going on periodically and the alarm float is in the down position then i would suspect the float is faulty.
its a shame to start replacing parts without knowing for sure. but the float itself is not expensive and ya gotta start somewhere.
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m & m (MD)
The float would be suspect. If not that, then a wiring problem. The alarm circuit is low volt.
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