I have a sump pump with a few years of moderate use on it. I replaced it recently because the float switch had become unreliable. Now that it's the "spare" sump pump, I am wondering if I can get a replacement switch for it. It's a submersible sump pump and the float switch is the kind with a cylindrical float at the end of a foot or so of wire and it just bobs up and down. Just wondering if it's possible to replace just that part. It appears that where the wire enters the pump housing there is a nut that holds it on somehow; haven't tried to remove that. Testing it in a bucket outside, as near as I can tell the pump works fine but the float switch sometimes doesn't turn it on even though i'ts in the upright position.
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16 years ago