| A Battery Back Up Sump Pump - Is it | | | | |
| Necessary? | | | | Battery Power is Reliable |
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| It seems that people have been looking for | | | | A battery powered backup sump pump is |
| the perfect, fool proof sump pump system ever | | | | designed to kick in if either one of those |
| since the technology was originally | | | | two types of main pumps fail. The electrical |
| developed. Each type of pump and its backup | | | | main pump can fail if the power is shut off |
| pump seem to have inherent weak points. Of | | | | and the water powered system can fail if it |
| course any pump on its own without a backup | | | | is overwhelmend by a deluge of water that it |
| system is a recipe for disaster, so the best | | | | can't handle. |
| that you can do is try to decide what best | | | | |
| suits your current situation. | | | | Batteries Last Only So Long |
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| Is there a Fool Proof System? | | | | Battery powered sump pumps work great but |
| | | | they have one big weak spot. That is that the |
| On the surface, a battery powered backup | | | | battery's can run low and then the pump will |
| system would appear to be fool proof. | | | | fail. But cant enuough batteries be stored? |
| However; if it was as it appeared, wouldn't | | | | Even then if a storm system goes on for a |
| the battery powered pump be the main sump | | | | week and there is no power for the entire |
| pump? The reason for this is that even a | | | | duration it is simply impossible to have |
| battery powered backup sump pump has its down | | | | enough batteries. |
| side. | | | | |
| | | | Creative Engineering is the Answer |
| Water and Electrical Powered Main Pumps | | | | |
| | | | So what is the solution? There is no fool |
| Its not hard to figure out how a sump pump | | | | proof sump pump system that will go on |
| and its backup system work together. If the | | | | indefinitly. This means that you can have a |
| main sump pump fails, then the backup system | | | | reliable system with a battery powered backup |
| will kick in and do the work of pumping the | | | | sump pump but it will only last so many days |
| water out of the basement. There are two main | | | | |
| sources for power that a main pump will be | | | | Written by Joe Finkelman. |
| run off of and they are water or electricity. | | | | |