| One thing that you just can't hide your head and | | | | different scenarios can be easily drawn up that |
| escape from if you live in a home with a | | | | leave a basement flooded, even with two pumps. |
| basement, is water that needs to be pumped out | | | | To begin with, the electricity could fail in a storm |
| after a severe storm. There really are two basic | | | | and then the batteries on the backup system can |
| types of pump systems and they are electrical | | | | eventually run down, which would leave a |
| and water powered pumps. Of course, one type | | | | basement flooded. |
| runs one electricity and the other typer uses the | | | | No Electricity Required |
| power of the water in your plumbing system. | | | | The main benefit of a water powered sump |
| However, are there any more basic differences | | | | pump is that it doesn't rely on electricity for its |
| that make either type more preferential over the | | | | power. This means of course, that even if the |
| other? | | | | power is shut off, the pump will pump water |
| Two Pumps in a Secure System | | | | anyway. However; a water powered water |
| Sump pumps and the systems that they are | | | | pump, while still pumping a lot of water won't |
| incorporated in come in a number of | | | | pump as much as some of the best electrical |
| configurations. Ideally there should be two water | | | | water pumps. |
| pumps to insure that your basement is pumped | | | | A Water and Electricity Powered System |
| out if it should flood. That would be one main | | | | This is why many people choose to go with a |
| water pump and one backup pump. The backup | | | | water powered pump as their main sump pump |
| pump is designed to kick in should the main pump | | | | and then back it up with a battery powered |
| be overloaded or fail completely. | | | | axillary pump if their basement is prone to deluges |
| Nothing is Fool Proof | | | | in sever rain storms. |
| However; nothing is fool proof and several | | | | Written by Joe Finkelman. |