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I was looking at this setup at the Northwest WA Fair yesterday. They are using 1/3 & 1/2 hp Zoeller pumps w/ a marine style bilge pump for the battery hook up. The battery was quite large (at least twice the size of the large auto/marine battery) and I suspect a solid or gel cell type battery.
Has anyone here had any experience with this type set up? Now that I am completely retired and free to travel some in the winter, this appears to be the answer. I currently have 2 pumps, one at opposing corners of the split-level basement which is only 42 inches down to the footings. Last year we did not need pumps, but the year before there was about a 3 month period that they ran off and on . When I am home I have a generator to fall back on, not an automatic kick in type though. I have to hook it and monitor the fuel, etc.
I was looking at this setup at the Northwest WA Fair yesterday. They are using 1/3 & 1/2 hp Zoeller pumps w/ a marine style bilge pump for the battery hook up. The battery was quite large (at least twice the size of the large auto/marine battery) and I suspect a solid or gel cell type battery.
Has anyone here had any experience with this type set up? Now that I am completely retired and free to travel some in the winter, this appears to be the answer. I currently have 2 pumps, one at opposing corners of the split-level basement which is only 42 inches down to the footings. Last year we did not need pumps, but the year before there was about a 3 month period that they ran off and on . When I am home I have a generator to fall back on, not an automatic kick in type though. I have to hook it and monitor the fuel, etc.