Situation:
Our house has a semi-finished basement. I would pay $1000 to have it NOT flood.
A heavy rain puts a lot of water into the foundation drains. I've tested the drains and found no short-circuit water flows.
Pretty well convinced it's surface water into the sump - not roof water.
I have a second pump installed a few inches above the lower one, so that if/when the lower pump fails the upper one will take over.
But ........... suppose power is off for a few hours, and the monsoon continues, and fills the sump, and starts to flood the basement.
I have a 25KW PTO generator that could be brought into play. If it were COLD and we needed the furnace, that would be the plan.
But if not, the rest of the house could stay dark for a day. Running the 25KW for a 6 amp sump pump load just doesn't "seem right".
So, one option would be a 2000 watt inverter/generator to run just the sump pump.
Or, an auto inverter hooked to my truck to power the sump pump.
I'm listening - tell me what I ought to do............
and Thanks
Our house has a semi-finished basement. I would pay $1000 to have it NOT flood.
A heavy rain puts a lot of water into the foundation drains. I've tested the drains and found no short-circuit water flows.
Pretty well convinced it's surface water into the sump - not roof water.
I have a second pump installed a few inches above the lower one, so that if/when the lower pump fails the upper one will take over.
But ........... suppose power is off for a few hours, and the monsoon continues, and fills the sump, and starts to flood the basement.
I have a 25KW PTO generator that could be brought into play. If it were COLD and we needed the furnace, that would be the plan.
But if not, the rest of the house could stay dark for a day. Running the 25KW for a 6 amp sump pump load just doesn't "seem right".
So, one option would be a 2000 watt inverter/generator to run just the sump pump.
Or, an auto inverter hooked to my truck to power the sump pump.
I'm listening - tell me what I ought to do............
and Thanks
