New to this house and previous owner mentioned if there is a issue with the septic pump there is a light bulb in the basement that would come on. Anybody heard of a circuit like this before? Been trying to google what type of circuit this might be and not having much luck so far. It doesn't really have a control box like you see with some newer systems with its own alarm light system. Its just a light bulb in the basement that never comes on expect when there is a problem with the septic pump. From power loss? No really sure how this is supposed to work and previous owner didn't have a very good understanding either I don't think. If I knew what type of circuit this is called maybe I would have some better luck searching on it. Any info you guys could provide if you are familiar with similar implementations would be appreciated. 1. Conventional 2. 2 tank system 3. Electric, other than that I am not sure 4. 1 house attached to this system 5. This is working fine as far as I can tell, its not an issue in that regard and I just got it pumped. Just trying understand how the alarm lighting on this system should work.

I have a 2000 gallon 2 chamber septic tank connected to a gravity fed 47 foot deep vertical seepage pit (approx 6900 gallons if the 5 foot cap is the same size diameter as the hole) from 1996. Now with coronavirus, there are 4 humans working from home all day (up from 1) and the seepage pit is having a difficult time keeping up with the volume. We have the tank emptied regularly and just had it emptied 2 months ago when things started acting up. There was still room in the tank (they also pumped the pit to about 20 feet down, but could not access all the way down to the bottom). I have seen several postings about converting leach fields and seepage pits to aerobic bacteria or adding sodium perchlorate to systems. People have posted good results but then tend to drop off after a few days or weeks of success. Most of the posts are old and I am left wondering how long the aerobic systems worked for before people gave up and had to dig new pits or leach fields? If it would prolong our seepage pit's life another 2 years, it would be worth putting in an aerobic system. If it is just a few extra months of life, then we need to save our pennies. Any insight or help would be appreciated. I'm especially curious about outcomes and updates from lawrosa, Mark28, Grizz1943, or anyone else with experience. Thank you so much!