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