[BlindHandyMan] house water pump relay
hi, i have a shallow well jet pump in my basement. the last 2 days the relay has been hanging up. meaning it runs for a long time but if i tap on the relay box it will shut off. or when you run water the pressure will drop to nothing and the pump does not turn on. again if i tap on it, it fires right up. my question is can i use a little spray like wd40 on it. i have some other stuff that says it can be used on battery terminals to prevent corrosion. so i guess its conductive. the last time i had this problem i just put on a new relay box. but don't have the bucks at the moment and its hard to take a shower and tap the box grin. thanks Jim in Minnesota. and no its not frozen yet. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Jim, I know the anti-wd40 folks will scream it won't last and collects dust etc. but I've found it works fine for cleaning switches etc. Contact cleaner would be the more conventional stuff, but the armeture of the relay may actually be sticking as well as having dirty contacts so WD40 will probably do fine. I assume you can get into the box and actually spray the relay its self. Power off whilst doing it of course Tom Fowle On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 04:31:37PM -0500, jim wrote: > hi, i have a shallow well jet pump in my basement. > the last 2 days the relay has been hanging up. > meaning it runs for a long time but if i tap on the relay box it will shut > off. > or when you run water the pressure will drop to nothing and the pump does not > turn on. > again if i tap on it, it fires right up. > > my question is can i use a little spray like wd40 on it. > i have some other stuff that says it can be used on battery terminals to > prevent corrosion. > so i guess its conductive. > > the last time i had this problem i just put on a new relay box. > but don't have the bucks at the moment and its hard to take a shower and tap > the box grin. > thanks > Jim > in Minnesota. > and no its not frozen yet. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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hi tom oh yeah all ready had the power off and the box oppen. i couldn't get to the contacts as they are down in there or i would have used some 400 grit sand paper on them. right now dust is no big deal grin. thanks jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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I like braille paper for bernishing contacts. tom
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I would be a bit shy of spraying WD40 in around electrical parts. That stuff will burn. When I worked in the garage, I knew guys to spray WD40 instead of starting fluid and the cars would start. I would recommend some sort of contact cleaner. Make real sure the power is off, those I believe are 220 volts. Take the top off and make sure the arms move apart and together. Then you can try flushing the pivot points with some contact cleaner. Try moving the arms again to see if they are moving easier. Work at it a short while to be sure they are pretty loose. Then wipe everything as clean as you can and put the top back on the box. See if the well works better now. Remember to feed Rudolph! - Original Message - From: jim To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 5:31 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] house water pump relay hi, i have a shallow well jet pump in my basement. the last 2 days the relay has been hanging up. meaning it runs for a long time but if i tap on the relay box it will shut off. or when you run water the pressure will drop to nothing and the pump does not turn on. again if i tap on it, it fires right up. my question is can i use a little spray like wd40 on it. i have some other stuff that says it can be used on battery terminals to prevent corrosion. so i guess its conductive. the last time i had this problem i just put on a new relay box. but don't have the bucks at the moment and its hard to take a shower and tap the box grin. thanks Jim in Minnesota. and no its not frozen yet. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Until a couple years ago WD40 used propane as its propellant. that has supposedly changed to something non flamable. However you're correct, I saw guys spray older versions into the air intakes of recalcitrant outboards, if they then started, you knew you had a fuel flow problem. If not, the problem was probably electrical. As long a spray onto non live systems, the propellant would evaporate pretty fast. Tom Fowle On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 08:13:14PM -0400, Bob Kennedy wrote: > I would be a bit shy of spraying WD40 in around electrical parts. That stuff > will burn. When I worked in the garage, I knew guys to spray WD40 instead of > starting fluid and the cars would start. > > I would recommend some sort of contact cleaner. Make real sure the power is > off, those I believe are 220 volts. Take the top off and make sure the arms > move apart and together. Then you can try flushing the pivot points with > some contact cleaner. Try moving the arms again to see if they are moving > easier. Work at it a short while to be sure they are pretty loose. Then > wipe everything as clean as you can and put the top back on the box. See if > the well works better now. > > Remember to feed Rudolph! > - Original Message - > From: jim > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 5:31 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] house water pump relay > > > hi, i have a shallow well jet pump in my basement. > the last 2 days the relay has been hanging up. > meaning it runs for a long time but if i tap on the relay box it will shut > off. > or when you run water the pressure will drop to nothing and the pump does > not turn on. > again if i tap on it, it fires right up. > > my question is can i use a little spray like wd40 on it. > i have some other stuff that says it can be used on battery terminals to > prevent corrosion. > so i guess its conductive. > > the last time i had this problem i just put on a new relay box. > but don't have the bucks at the moment and its hard to take a shower and > tap the box grin. > thanks > Jim > in Minnesota. > and no its not frozen yet. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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hi tom well i gave it a squirt of this stuff i had here and waited a bit then tried it and no fire but it is still very slow comming on after the water runs out. having a friend come over today and see what screw is the low pressure adjust and see if tht helps. i may have a weak or broken spring. jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Did you drain the line at the bottom of the relay? That solved my problem on my well water system. - Original Message - From: jim To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 14:07 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] house water pump relay hi tom well i gave it a squirt of this stuff i had here and waited a bit then tried it and no fire but it is still very slow comming on after the water runs out. having a friend come over today and see what screw is the low pressure adjust and see if tht helps. i may have a weak or broken spring. jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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no i didn't take it off but i will when my friend gets here it may be cloged. jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Contact cieaner is also flammable From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, October 27, 2009 7:13:14 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] house water pump relay I would be a bit shy of spraying WD40 in around electrical parts. That stuff will burn. When I worked in the garage, I knew guys to spray WD40 instead of starting fluid and the cars would start. I would recommend some sort of contact cleaner. Make real sure the power is off, those I believe are 220 volts. Take the top off and make sure the arms move apart and together. Then you can try flushing the pivot points with some contact cleaner. Try moving the arms again to see if they are moving easier. Work at it a short while to be sure they are pretty loose. Then wipe everything as clean as you can and put the top back on the box. See if the well works better now. Remember to feed Rudolph! - Original Message - From: jim To: blindhandyman@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 5:31 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] house water pump relay hi, i have a shallow well jet pump in my basement. the last 2 days the relay has been hanging up. meaning it runs for a long time but if i tap on the relay box it will shut off. or when you run water the pressure will drop to nothing and the pump does not turn on. again if i tap on it, it fires right up. my question is can i use a little spray like wd40 on it. i have some other stuff that says it can be used on battery terminals to prevent corrosion. so i guess its conductive. the last time i had this problem i just put on a new relay box. but don't have the bucks at the moment and its hard to take a shower and tap the box grin. thanks Jim in Minnesota. and no its not frozen yet. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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It's flammable but it evaporates so fast it isn't a problem. - Original Message - From: Chip Nall To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:56 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] house water pump relay Contact cieaner is also flammable From: Bob Kennedy To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, October 27, 2009 7:13:14 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] house water pump relay I would be a bit shy of spraying WD40 in around electrical parts. That stuff will burn. When I worked in the garage, I knew guys to spray WD40 instead of starting fluid and the cars would start. I would recommend some sort of contact cleaner. Make real sure the power is off, those I believe are 220 volts. Take the top off and make sure the arms move apart and together. Then you can try flushing the pivot points with some contact cleaner. Try moving the arms again to see if they are moving easier. Work at it a short while to be sure they are pretty loose. Then wipe everything as clean as you can and put the top back on the box. See if the well works better now. Remember to feed Rudolph! - Original Message - From: jim To: blindhandyman@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 5:31 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] house water pump relay hi, i have a shallow well jet pump in my basement. the last 2 days the relay has been hanging up. meaning it runs for a long time but if i tap on the relay box it will shut off. or when you run water the pressure will drop to nothing and the pump does not turn on. again if i tap on it, it fires right up. my question is can i use a little spray like wd40 on it. i have some other stuff that says it can be used on battery terminals to prevent corrosion. so i guess its conductive. the last time i had this problem i just put on a new relay box. but don't have the bucks at the moment and its hard to take a shower and tap the box grin. thanks Jim in Minnesota. and no its not frozen yet. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
