On 8/27/2011 7:09 PM, Steve Freides wrote:

>
> We don't have battery backup for our 3 sump pumps - if we did, then the
> generator wouldn't be as necessary. Last time the power went out when
> it was raining heavily, we didn't put 2 + 2 together and didn't realize
> until a few days later that our basement was starting to smell - the
> sumps hadn't worked when the electricity was out, and while we didn't
> get much water, we got enough.
>



There's not much point in having a sump pump in flood-prone basements
unless you have an interruptible power source.

gloria p