Sump pump / battery backup

[dmclone]

its $100 .......

one. hundred. dollars.

It's not the $100, it's me not knowing what I'm doing. Stop over and I'll give you a $100 to do it.

 

[mywayorcyway]

It's not the $100, it's me not knowing what I'm doing. Stop over and I'll give you a $100 to do it.

Grab a flashlight, pop off the top and stick your head in there. It's literally one hose clamp and a power cord. Even a caveman could do it.

If I can pull it off while it's filling up with water, you can do it when it's dry. :twitcy:

 

[dmclone]

I just went down there and looked at it. I forgot that it actually wasn't a bad pump it just seems to be plugged. If I pour water into it nothing happens but I can hear the pump running. Looks very messy.

 

[mike4cy]

Yes we have the pit. Our pump is about 25 years old

 

[clone4life82]

If this is your back-up I'd seriously look at one of the water powered sump pumps. You hook them into your city water line (assuming you're on city water) and the water spins the pump so you don't need to rely on a battery or electricity to suck the water out of the pit. I put on in last year and it's pretty easy to do.

This X10...The battery backups only last about 3-4 hours so if you're without power for an extended period of time in the spring when everything is melting and you have that first rain, you're screwed.

 

[1100011CS]

I thought I read that the water powered pumps can't keep up especially if you have a lift of a few feet.

 

[Tazzels]

Battery backups will fail with 3-4 hour power failure.

We just had a low voltage outage that lasted 3-4 hours. A transmission line went down in Robbins (CR) This is 70 miles away. Thank you alliant energy for shutting down power generating stations. Low voltage is a killer on small HP motors. A gas or diesel powered generator is a very good investment if you have a lot of water pumping in your basement and a finished basement.