I ordered a Little Giant automatic water shutoff switch. Anyone use
one of these? I'm supposed to plug my pump into it's plug, which in
turn plugs into my GFI outlet. Question is: with all that plugginess,
how am I supposed to close the cover on my GFI to keep the rain out?
It won't all fit.

Thanks...

On 3 Oct 2004 21:58:15 -0700, (Rob) wrote:

Question is: with all that plugginess,
how am I supposed to close the cover on my GFI to keep the rain out?
It won't all fit.

You are Bob Nardelli and I claim my 5 pounds.
Oddly enough today's internet special at Home Depot is:
Weatherproof Outdoor Use Receptacle cover
Internet/Catalog # 331610
Store SKU# 305255
$10.29 USD
These are also available as doubles and everyone should have these. It
is the newer electrical standard - just something I learned here from
the resident electricians in the last week or so.
"Read all about it"
--
Crashj

Thanks for the replies y'all.

Granny, I have been using a bona-fide weatherproof cover (i.e., before
I've plugged in the shutoff switch).

It's actually much deeper than the one you specified, crash. A
right-angled x-cord would still be too much to fit in it.

Bill, covering everything with plastic and putting under a pot should
work, except when the city inspector comes over and frowns at it.

There must be a correct way to do this; I'll call Little Giant, the
makers of the switch, tomorrow, and see what they say. I'm not the
first to come up against this....

On 4 Oct 2004 20:26:42 -0700, (Rob) wrote:

Granny, I have been using a bona-fide weatherproof cover (i.e., before
I've plugged in the shutoff switch).

There must be a correct way to do this; I'll call Little Giant, the
makers of the switch, tomorrow, and see what they say. I'm not the
first to come up against this....

I've got an automatic shut-off on my pump, goes into a 4 plug-in GFI
outdoor outlet and the box door not only shuts, but all 4 plug-ins are
still accessible. I got mine thru AES www.aquaticeco.com perhaps it is the
brand of shut-off that is the problem? AES calls them Mercury Flow
Switches. ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

So Jan, how does your pump plug into the float switch? Does it plug
into the float switch's plug, or somewhere else?

In article ,
(Rob) writes:
So Jan, how does your pump plug into the float switch? Does it plug
into the float switch's plug, or somewhere else?

According to
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/...11432/cid/2965

"Use these mercury float switches to automatically operate pumps or
alarms. They have 10' SJOW-A Class underwater-rated cable with a
piggyback plug so devices can be conveniently plugged into it at the
power receptacle."

Look at the pictures of a similar device he
http://www.deanbennett.com/zoellerfloatswitches.htm

John
--
An entire village where nobody's prepared to admit to being root,
and everyone has to be addressed by number because both forward
and reverse DNS is broken. -- The Prisoner, described by Tanuki

On 5 Oct 2004 19:40:39 -0700, (Rob) wrote:

So Jan, how does your pump plug into the float switch? Does it plug
into the float switch's plug, or somewhere else?

It plugs directly into (behind) the switch's plug, and the switch's cord is
to the side. I plug it in so the cord is to the inside of the box (hope
that makes sense). ~ jan )


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

In article ,
(Rob) writes:
So Jan, how does your pump plug into the float switch? Does it plug
into the float switch's plug, or somewhere else?

According to
http://www.aquaticeco.com/index.cfm/...11432/cid/2965

"Use these mercury float switches to automatically operate pumps or
alarms. They have 10' SJOW-A Class underwater-rated cable with a
piggyback plug so devices can be conveniently plugged into it at the
power receptacle."

Look at the pictures of a similar device he
http://www.deanbennett.com/zoellerfloatswitches.htm

John
--
An entire village where nobody's prepared to admit to being root,
and everyone has to be addressed by number because both forward
and reverse DNS is broken. -- The Prisoner, described by Tanuki

I ordered a Little Giant automatic water shutoff switch. Anyone use
one of these? I'm supposed to plug my pump into it's plug, which in
turn plugs into my GFI outlet. Question is: with all that plugginess,
how am I supposed to close the cover on my GFI to keep the rain out?
It won't all fit.

GFI covers are not weatherproof according to electricians. Replace the
cover with the weatherproof covers that you can get at Lowes, Home
Depot, etc.