Good economical sump pump for basement?


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Old 01-20-17, 05:38 AM
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Good economical sump pump for basement?

Hey guys, the sensor on the existing Flotec pump stopped working so instead of having to pay someone to replace the sensor I would prefer to get a new pump at Home depot.

Any particular brand would be better than the Flotec please?
 
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Old 03-07-17, 06:56 AM
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Hey guys, a plumber I spoke to told me for my application which is just to pump waste from a shower and kitchen sink that all I would need is a "Little Giant" pump which does not have any float sensors which gets stuck. Searching online I am seeing this, is the plumber giving good advice and is this a good one please?

Pumps | Utility Pumps | Little Giant 505300 Submersible Automatic Utility Pump with Diaphragm Switch | B215802 - GlobalIndustrial.com
 
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Old 03-07-17, 07:04 AM
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Or since the existing pump is working "manually", would it makes sense to replace the float? The existing one seems similar to this:

https://www.google.com/shopping/prod...HaB8BgAQrRIITA
 
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Old 03-07-17, 07:24 AM
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I'd certainly replace the float switch if that's the only problem with existing pump. It's probably the most common failure point.
 
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Ok I found a video here so I should be able to do this by removing the pump's cap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdSwgzO5IsM
 
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You probably already did what your going to do but there is no need to replace the pump switch as long as your system uses 2 plugs. Just buy a watch dog dual float switch. You attach it to the PVC tube and plug it into the wall and then plug the sump pump in.

I have 2 pumps that have diaphragm switches that failed. I just added the new float and left the diaphragm in the pit.

The watchdog floats can't get hung up and they have a fail-safe in that it's 2 floats if the main fails then the water will rise a bit further and activate the second float.
 
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Old 04-03-17, 05:44 AM
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This is the best option, I already installed a basic float but next time I will get the dual, thank you very much!
 
 

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