Home well water systems

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6. Is there an electrician in the house?

I talked with the well company today, who advised me to replace the control box (controller, capacitor) which hums for 5 seconds before cutting off, and see if the new controller starts the pump. Ok, will do.

Meanwhile though, the switch has stopped sparking when opened.

And my circuit breaker box, aka 'fuse box', which was humming ever so slightly, has stopped humming.

I am wondering: the well pump is setup at 230 volts, two 115 breakers. If one of those breakers is not supplying electric to the system, that would cause the pump to not start: not enough juice.

Is there a way to test to see if both 115 volt circuits are supplying power? I mean, I know there is, for an electrician with a meter, but how about an intuitive test without such equipment?