06/16/2026
Found this one today on a service call in Neosho, MO.
Customer had a 1.5 HP well pump tripping the breaker. A different contractor had already been out and couldn’t find anything wrong. We ran an insulation test on the motor itself, came back clean, no short there. That told us to keep tracing the circuit instead of jumping to a pump replacement.
Working section by section from the breaker back to the pressure switch, we found this, a wire splice buried under attic insulation that had overheated and burned through. Cut it out, spliced it properly, and the system fired right up.
Proper diagnostics found a simple, affordable fix where it could have easily turned into an unnecessary pump pull. That’s the difference the right tools and process make.
Huston’s Water Solutions- well, pump, and water treatment diagnostics for Neosho and the surrounding tri-state area.