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