[Norm K]

Took but a few minutes to replace the breaker and upon first start water was gushing out of a hose bib just as it always has.

Shut the system down at the control panel and closed the hose bib, confident that the issue had been resolved. Upon manual re-start of the zone closest to the pump though, all I got was a very weak stream from one sprinkler head and some gurgling from one or two others (typically runs five heads no problem). So I shut it down again, re-opened the hose bib, re-started things and the Vesuvius-like gusher I'd witnessed but a couple of minutes before was gone, replaced by a lazy stream.

I hate chasing parts, but I gotta think there's something to the bad contactor theory.

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