In my case, we have a sump pump which protects the basement from flooding when it rains. If the power goes out while we are asleep, we cannot mitigate the rising water.
So — we need something that will awaken us.
Pedestrian compared to some of the scenarios you mentioned here.
I have one of these, it can run my sump pump for around 8-10 hours if the power is off. Make sure you get a quality deep cycle battery, such as a marine rated battery. Due to the fact that I had the battery back up, my homeowner’s insurance will cover my basement for an additional $10,000 over what they normally cover for basement flooding.
Haha! I forgot about those uses too! We live in the desert now but I grew up in grass and swamplands. Haven’t had to think of a sump pump or dry-lok in forever.
Very, very important alarm need if you want to keep things, that aren’t moldy.
Oh the memories. We started our first grow in a moldy basement!
Here’s hoping you were spared the blackout during torrential rains.
And I suppose this is on me, but we bought this place which met all our dream features and when we heard it had a sump pump… having grown up in a desert myself, I didn’t exactly understand the ramifications.
I’m a bit stunned there isn’t a simple device that has a small battery in it that remains charged until it needs to scare you out of bed.
I learned in this thread about “smart plugs” which seem like they could be purposed to this task but even that’s not spot on.
Wow… very thorough.
In my case, we have a sump pump which protects the basement from flooding when it rains. If the power goes out while we are asleep, we cannot mitigate the rising water.
So — we need something that will awaken us.
Pedestrian compared to some of the scenarios you mentioned here.
I have one of these, it can run my sump pump for around 8-10 hours if the power is off. Make sure you get a quality deep cycle battery, such as a marine rated battery. Due to the fact that I had the battery back up, my homeowner’s insurance will cover my basement for an additional $10,000 over what they normally cover for basement flooding.
Sump pump backup
This is likely the direction I need to go.
The buzzer solution would require a lot of work. This just costs a good deal up front but it saves on the mitigation maneuvering which is not fun.
Thanks for the link.
Haha! I forgot about those uses too! We live in the desert now but I grew up in grass and swamplands. Haven’t had to think of a sump pump or dry-lok in forever. Very, very important alarm need if you want to keep things, that aren’t moldy. Oh the memories. We started our first grow in a moldy basement!
Here’s hoping you were spared the blackout during torrential rains.
And I suppose this is on me, but we bought this place which met all our dream features and when we heard it had a sump pump… having grown up in a desert myself, I didn’t exactly understand the ramifications.
I’m a bit stunned there isn’t a simple device that has a small battery in it that remains charged until it needs to scare you out of bed.
I learned in this thread about “smart plugs” which seem like they could be purposed to this task but even that’s not spot on.