Importance of a Back-up Pumping System
Importance of a Back-up Pumping system
It is important to note that there are many kinds of "back-up" systems on the market. When it comes to back-up equipment, the variance of quality is a chasm. The low-end equipment most often will not work when you need it to and the folks like you who buy back-up pumping equipment really need and want the protection.
To give you an example, nearly all suppliers of back-up equipment do not supply batteries. Batteries are heavy and expensive and difficult to ship. Instead, they leave it to the contractor to go to the automotive store and buy a car battery. Car batteries are not made for this application. Their ampere-hour capacity diminishes quickly after a year and this application will not get the "gallonage" out of your basement when you need it to.
Other suppliers provide expensive back-up pumping systems with batteries that need maintenance every 6 months. If you don't remember, you are out-of-luck. Sealed, maintenance-free batteries are the only sensible option.
Float switches are extremely important too. The best pump in the world needs to have a switch to tell it when to go on and off. Many primary and back-up pump systems come with a tethered float switch - a "ball-on-a-wire" design. These have to swing up and down to operate and commonly get hung up - and cause a flood.
No pump or back-up pump is perfect. But so many are really pitiful protection. That's why Basement Systems' TripleSafe and UltraSump are specifically engineered to do what we need them to when we need them to do it.
Do you want this?
OR THIS!?
