Okay, so last night, we had issues with the septic pump again. It wasn’t turning off, even though there was no water flowing through the pump. So I shut it off manually and left it for later.

This morning, while doing my rounds, I popped opened the tank and took a look. The grey water side was pretty full, and I could see the new float/pill switch at the top. Nothing seemed to be hung up or anything.

I’d primed the filter last night, so all I had to do was turn the pump back on and see. The filter promptly empties – but no grey water from the tank was being pulled in.

Crud.

Also, I really, really appreciate having that filter with its clear lid on there. Without it, we’d have no way of seeing what was going on!

So I shut it off, primed the filter again, and thought… what the heck. That tank is pretty full. I’ll try again.

At first, the filter just emptied, and I was going to shut if off again, but then grey water started to flow through the top. Perfect! I set the time on my phone for 4 minutes, and let it go. With the rain we’ve had lately, the old basement is starting to have water seeping through again, and the sump pump is starting to actually get trigged, so I moved some fans around. I’d already replaced the winter window in the old basement with the screen summer window, yesterday, for increased air flow.

Then, after about 3 minutes, the septic pump shut itself off.

???

It’s working properly again!

I have no idea what happened last night to keep it from shutting off, but whatever it was seems to have worked itself out.

At least for now.

There’s a reason I’m so paranoid about the pumps in this place!

*sigh*

The Re-Farmer