GFCI for a water pump?

[jmjr55]

My question is about a GFCI on a water pump. We have a condition where we have a 120v plug in pump which is pumping cold water condensate that is collected from air handling units. This GFCI tripped last week causing a mess in the floors below (the pump is located in a penthouse). There are no sinks near by, this is in a commercial building. I don't believe we need to have a GFCI on this pump any thoughts on this?

 

[benaround]

My question is about a GFCI on a water pump. We have a condition where we have a 120v plug in pump which is pumping cold water condensate that is collected from air handling units. This GFCI tripped last week causing a mess in the floors below (the pump is located in a penthouse). There are no sinks near by, this is in a commercial building. I don't believe we need to have a GFCI on this pump any thoughts on this?

You could locate a condensate pump that is a hard wired type and the gfci could go away.

 

[infinity]

The GFCI protection is not required in this application. I would wonder why it tripped in the first place.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

The GFCI protection is not required in this application. I would wonder why it tripped in the first place.

I have had one trip on me -- usually needs a new pump.

 

[SEO]

Is there a set of contacts in the pump tank that are connected to the float in the tank that you could series the control circut thru that would shut down the compressor in case of a pump failure? I agree with the others as far as the gfic.

 

[ptonsparky]

Had one that did this in my crawl space. The switch on the float was a sometimes operation. Sometimes it wouldn't make contact, water would raise and trip the GFCI. GFCI was working, the pump level control had failed.

 

[jmjr55]

The GFCI tripped because of a possible leak in the float. My intention is to keep the GFCI but we are adding an over flow to a floor drain and an over flow alarm.