Livewell question

[troutman10]

Livewell question

There is a Bow and Stern livewell on my "new to me" 2002 StarCraft.  The stern livewell works fine when I push the button, however, when I push the button to the bow livewell the indicator light doesn't turn on and the pump doesn't turn on.  The breaker right below the switch pops out shortly after trying to turn the pump on.  The same switch has an aerator option when I switch it downward.  When I turn on aerator switch down the pump works and the breaker doesn't trip.  Am I doing something wrong or is this an electrical problem?  I disconnected the cartridge, touched the wires to a battery and the cartridge works. My next idea is to change the breaker out.  Any ideas or thought would be greatly appreciated!

[Sk8man]

Might something be clogging up the pump somehow and trigering the breaker?

[fisherdude]

sounds like a new switch would fix the problem, shorting out on fill. pump won't run on fill but the pump runs on auto . 

[lineman49]

5 hours ago, Sk8man said:

Might something be clogging up the pump somehow and trigering the breaker?

My my live well pump was not working I back flushed it and blew out a bunch of dead dried up minnows backflushing  might do the trick worth a try