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Discovered my condensate pump stopped working (worn float) and overflowed for probably most of the week. The pump has a safety overflow cut-off switch but it was never set up and so I finally did that (or tried at least) once I replaced the float and cleaned up the mess. Problem is the shut off does not appear to function.

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If the condensate pump model has a high-voltage cord with a plug, then insert the plug into a wall receptacle. If the condensate pump hard-wires into a high-voltage power source, then run the condensate pump's high-voltage wire into the air handler's electrical box and connect one high-voltage wire to the ground lug and the other wire to one ...

Cut the red wire from the furnace to thermostat and connect the yellow wires to the cut ends of the red wire. This way, if the condensate pump fails the safety switch (yellow wires), it will stop the furnace/AC and no more water from condensate will be generated. If heating or AC are a must, then connect the yellow wires to an alarm.

Condensate overflow prevention devices or float switches as they are often called are such simple devices that you wouldn’t think there would be much room for controversy. In my experience there are few areas of the trade where technician and installer preferences and opinions vary greatly. Let’s start with some float switch basics Float (condensate) […]

Condensation builds in the drain pan of an air conditioning unit as the unit cools incoming air. A condensate switch turns on a pump when condensation builds to a level that it could flow out of the pan and onto the surrounding area. When a condensate switch fails, condensation will begin to overflow the sides of the condensate pan.

Evening! My condensate pump on my furnace went kaput. The original was a Proselect model with the only wiring was where you plug it into the outlet. I purchased a different model at Menards - a LittleGiant. Got it home and of course I now see the two low-voltage wires that are intended to be wired into the thermostat. I live in rural Minnesota and have an unfinished basement - I'd rather have ...

Run this wire to your condensate pump, and connect each lead to the low voltage lines for the condensate pump safety switch. Connect the flexible hose to the back of the dehumidifier, and run it to the PVC, which runs to the condensate pump. The clear tubing has hose fittings on both sides, ...