New house unknown circuits

dudebroguychie · Jan 19, 2020

Hi - I just moved into a new house. The box has a circuit labeled "Central Vac" and 2 labeled "Septic." The house does not have a central vacuum. I do have a septic system that as far as I know does not use a pump or any electrical power. Any idea why these circuits would be there?

telectrix · Jan 20, 2020

could be that they were once in use but are now redundant.

static zap · Jan 20, 2020

dudebroguychie said:
"Septic."

Any toilets in strange locations ?

telectrix · Jan 20, 2020

static zap said:
Any toilets in strange locations ?

OP is American. probably has a few scattered around the trees.

dudebroguychie · Jan 20, 2020

static zap said:
Any toilets in strange locations ?

Thanks for replying.

There is a basement bathroom with an ejector pump that was added maybe 2-3 years after construction. I assumed that was run off of the same circuit as the basement lights and stuff. There is a sump pit as well but they never put a pump in there. Maybe it was for that, just weird they would label it Septic instead of Sump Pump.

DPG · Jan 20, 2020

Switch the circuits off and see if anything stops working. Might be used for something else now but haven't been relabelled.

dudebroguychie · Jan 20, 2020

thank you everyone

Megawatt · Jan 20, 2020

dudebroguychie said:
Hi - I just moved into a new house. The box has a circuit labeled "Central Vac" and 2 labeled "Septic." The house does not have a central vacuum. I do have a septic system that as far as I know does not use a pump or any electrical power. Any idea why these circuits would be there?

dudebro houses do have vacuum systems and I agree it might not be working right and just abandon it. As far as septic I have heard of sump pumps in basements that is prone to take on water. My advise is cut them off and see what happens or something stops working. Good luck