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    Turning off a pump for a Time. Based on power usage

    I'm trying to find a way to turn off a water pump when it draws a slight bit of additional current. I'd like to turn it back on 24 hours later. And then when it has a rising current again I'd like to shut off for another 24 hours. I wasn't able to find any examples. The difference in power usage is 0.4 in normal mode and 0.6 if the pump gets bound up. can anyone help me with an example or two? I'm kind of new to this so please keep it simple for me. Thank you

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    You cant do 24 hours. Largest is 999:59 minutes. This is the process though for 12 hour retry

    PumpFail
    Set OFF
    If Output PumpName Amps > 0.5 Then ON
    Defer 000:10 Then ON
    Min Time 720:00 Then ON

    Pump
    (Existing code)
    If Output PumpFail = ON Then OFF

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    I think you meant:

    Pump
    (Existing code)
    If Output PumpFail = ON Then OFF

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    Quote Originally Posted by Todd View Post
    I think you meant:

    Pump
    (Existing code)
    If Output PumpFail = ON Then OFF
    Yep.

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    Thank you. That worked.

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