ray324•9d agoMost Upvoted

Rant: Paid $1,800 for a sump pump battery backup, motor blew anyway

We had that storm in Edmonton back in June, power flickered all night and the basement stayed dry, so I figured the backup was worth every penny. Then last week the pump itself died on a random Tuesday, no rain even, and the install guy said the cheap float switch they used was the issue, not the battery. Anyone else get talked into the fancy backup system only to have the main unit fail first, or did I just pick the wrong contractor?

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leep897d ago

Used to think the backup battery was the whole safety net. Then my float switch stuck last spring, pump ran nonstop until it burned out, and the battery sat there useless. Ended up paying a second guy to rip out the cheap switch and put in a proper one. Now the battery is just insurance for the thing that actually breaks, and the real lesson was that the contractor's parts matter way more than the fancy add-ons. Changed my whole view on where the money should go.