Sump pump questions
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What I have always had is a portable submersible pump for emergencies, etc. Comes in handy for little kid swimming pools, etc. But you have to have a long enough hose to run the output into a laundry sink or something. Not sure if you have something like that. You don't want to run it out a window since it would just end up back in your sump pit. Needs to run to the sewer.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Alright so I have a few items coming from Amazon. Bezos wants to fly again, right? He needs funds!
Got a battery, box, and a power inverter I can mount on the wall. The sump pump plugs into the inverter, which is connected to both the wall outlet as well as the battery for backup power purposes.
Also picked up a portable pump. That was cheap enough and would work well in an emergency (aka all power is out and/or sump pump is broken). Thanks again @Mik , sincerely.
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UPDATE - Everything is installed and has passed tests.
See picture below.
- On the wall: Power Inverter (Pump Sentry)
- Lower left: Marine Battery (in a Snap-top vented battery box)
- Install sentry to wall
- Connect sentry to battery terminals (red/black cables)
- Don't kill yourself
- Place/close the battery box in desired location
- PLUG sump pump to sentry (the white/gray cables)
- PLUG sentry to wall (the black cable)
- Turn on
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Just don't mess with the wires right after you've fixed your terlet.
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Alright, probably a dumb question. The melting snow (and lots of rain today) has awoken the sump pump. It’s been going off frequently today, which is good.
However it’s going off every 2 minutes or so. Enough that I opened the pit cover and saw that it indeed goes off to remove a few inches of water but when it’s done, the water level rises back to the trigger point again, within 2 minutes.
Here’s the stupid question. I don’t see any water coming in through the drain pipes (you can see the two black pipes in the pic) so is there any other way water can seep into the pump well? I presume not and, if correct, imagine I need to repair the check valve so that water being discharged up the discharge pipe isn’t just cascading backwards into the well.
