Float switch question

[Spunkk]

Am installing a new 2 hpLiberty Grinder pump . Hooking it up to a control panel. Not sure what floats to use. Any suggestions. Thanks

 

[Valveman]

Sump and grinder pumps need a "pump down" float switch.

 

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[Spunkk]

Sump and grinder pumps need a "pump down" float switch.

Should the floats be normally open.

 

[Valveman]

Should the floats be normally open.

Yes "pump down" means normally open.

 

[Spunkk]

Thank you valveman. Any particular brands you like?

 

[Valveman]

Probably not much difference in any of them. I see Goulds and SJERhombus a lot.

 

[Spunkk]

Probably not much difference in any of them. I see Goulds and SJERhombus a lot.

Thank you again valveman . I'm a retired carpenter and some of this stuff I just don't get even though I have replaced the pump 3 times. Always replaced with a Gould pump and could get the parts easy. Time for a change and the rules have changed. Local places won't sell to me now because I'm not a plumbing contractor. No local contractors know anything about grinder pumps or they don't want to do the job. I don't want to do it either but I don't want to have a porta pottie on the side of my house. It is a crap job. You have been a great help. Thank You Again