Went to turn on water pump and no green light. Checked fuse on panel in basement and found breaker tripped. Reset breaker and turned on switch. Green light on for approximately 5 seconds or so and went out. Breaker tripped again.
Any ideas? So we are on city water now where we are staying.
With you having a 270 you may or may not have 2 water pump switches. If you have multiple switches first check the latching relay that is located in the same area as where you found the waterpump breaker. If you only have 1 waterpump switch it may be faulty and shorting out when pushed so check it.
If this is OK then you may have a bad water pump motor that is over amping. If the amps check good then you may have a weak breaker that will need replacing.
One other thought is, Have you done an upgrade that you could have run a screw through a wire while mounting something?
Miike