Do these exist?

[StageLeft]

If the power goes out, obviously my sump pump won't work and that's ok with me, but considering I also have a humidifier putting water into the drain hole and the potential for it to fail or get clogged always exists (in fact, a neighbor's pump just backed into their basement this morning), what I want is something that hangs over the edge of the hole above the water level at which the sump pump kicks in, and then if water gets to a particular level an audbile alarm will go off. Think of it as a smoke alarm but for water height. There's no way something like this could be expensive.

 

[slackwarelinux]

leak frog suspended with string?

 

[waggy]

yeap. they have that at lowes. i got one. cost me $15

 

[dug777]

Should be able to rig up something very simple using a float to close a circuit...

 

[waggy]

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn...d=117272-84862-BWD-HWA


$9.97 its not the one i got but it will do what you want.

 

[StageLeft]

Sweet Moses, thanks! That is exactly what I need.

 

[TwiceOver]

Marked... I should also get one of these.

 

[Fritzo]

I picked this up a couple of years ago:

Watchdog Emergency Sump

Rather than just sounding an alarm, it also engages an emergency pump that runs on a 7 day battery. It saved out basement from flooding 3 times already. HIGHLY recommended.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I picked this up a couple of years ago:

Watchdog Emergency Sump

Rather than just sounding an alarm, it also engages an emergency pump that runs on a 7 day battery. It saved out basement from flooding 3 times already. HIGHLY recommended.

yeap. if you have a sump pump i recomend everyone get a battery back up.

when i replaced the sump pump in my place 2 years ago we went all out. the backup is as powerfull as most main sump pumps. its a small cast iron one (the plastic ones seem to break down to fast). Its a small 1/2 HP one (it cost like $399)

the main one is 3/4 hp cast iron but a lot bigger.

We also got the alarms just in case. though i have never heard it go off. though i know the battery one has gone off a few times. i will go drain the battery once every few months (disconnect the main pump and fill the hole)

 

[StageLeft]

Thing is my pump hardly ever runs. In contrast to neighbors' houses who's pumps run very frequently ours basically never does, so I don't want a battery backup quite yet, but I do need to know if it's failing on me!