The critical thing to check is not the gallons per hour rating of the pump
but the gallons rating based on the size of the pump, the pumping load
(basically the lift) and the size/number of batteries.
It doesn't help that much to have a pump that will run under battery power
for the first 6 hours of a 24 hour power outage and rainstorm.
That said, I bought a Wayne cheapy that was the best thing I ever did.
After I bought it there wasn't a single power outage during the wet season
while I lived in that house (another year or so).
Good luck and happy hunting.
Mark Miller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Andy" <mark@sccaprepared.com>
To: <shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 7:39 PM
Subject: battery backup sump pumps
>
> Howdy,
>
> Any "been there, done that" recommendations for battery sump pump systems?
>
> We seem to be becoming the set for "Water World" here... :-) Our sump
> pump runs intermittently all the time basically, and in very wet weather
> probably cycles on every 10 min or so. The idea of loosing power and not
> having a sump pump isn't appealing, and neither is the idea of not having
> an in-place unit that will run when the current one fails. Our basement
> is _not_ finished however...
>
> So, that said, the battery sump setup I thought looked cool until I saw
> the price was the Basement Watchdog AC/DC setup. It'll pump 2200 GPH to
> 10', has a bunch of monitoring stuff, and is capable of running the pump
> via AC if the power is still on (i.e. if the main pump has failed). Of
> course, its $467, not including the battery ($100), and acid ($??).
> Its at home depot, sku # 130 781 (direct links don't seem to work well to
> their website...)
>
> Our sump discharge pipe goes up around 10', then horizontally for probably
> 60' or so. I didn't put in the main pump, so I don't know yet how its
> rated.
>
> Anyway, any recommendations as to brands, ratings I want, etc. etc. etc.
> are appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark
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