Septic alarm on separate circuit

[electrofelon]

Hey guys so I have this septic control panel, and I got dinged on a local code requiring the alarm be on a separate circuit. This job is 4 hours away and unfortunately I dont have a picture of the control panel, but I do have a picture of the wiring diagram. So its a bit of a long shot, but is anyone familiar with these and can the alarm be put on a separate circuit? Hopefully someone with more experience with these can help. My recollection from when I wired it is that there was NOT provisions for pulling the high level alarm off to a separate circuit. IS that typical? Am I mistaken?

 

[ActionDave]

Yes, there should be provisions for a separate circuit for the alarm and yes you should have one. You don't want the power to the pump be out and not know it because the same power is off to the alarm. That would put you in deep shhhh,,,,stuff

 

[Little Bill]

I always put the alarm on a separate circuit.

 

[kwired]

JMO but separate circuit for alarm is still useless if it trips, gets turned off, something fails and nothing indicates you lost power to the alarm system.

If it is something critical enough you need something with battery backup and at least some sort of trouble indication telling you there was a power failure. If you have that, then no good reason the alarm can't be on with the pump.

 

[Little Bill]

JMO but separate circuit for alarm is still useless if it trips, gets turned off, something fails and nothing indicates you lost power to the alarm system.

If it is something critical enough you need something with battery backup and at least some sort of trouble indication telling you there was a power failure. If you have that, then no good reason the alarm can't be on with the pump.

I run them off a lighting circuit, such as the bath lights or kitchen lights.

 

[AC\DC]

It’s dumb-they are in separate circuits- one has a 20 one has a 10–

I do one and done- the old system was were you need a circuit separate from alarm now days you don’t need

 

[electrofelon]

Thanks guys. Yeah I am of the mind that the separate circuit is a rather big "what if". Every overflow I h ae ever known about was not because the breaker was off, But anyway I'll just have to go out there and hopefully its easily doable.