Sump Recommendation for outdoor pump with long distance to pump

Hi,

I have an outdoor basin, about 4 feet deep in my backyard and the sump pump in there no longer works. It's a Myers S25A1 with the date 1996 on it. I can't make out much else on the label. It's 115 volts, 8 amps, 60 hertz (and I think it says 1 phase).

It no longer works and I want to figure out what horse power pump I should get and if anyone has recommendations on a brand or model.

Some considerations:

1. the old pump has it's electrical cord threaded through 3/4" metal pipe at the towards the top of the pump. The pipe runs under concrete and goes into a box on the house wall where it is wired right into the house (it looks like the plug was cut off and it was wired right in). The old pump had one electrical cord so it was "easy" to fit through this pipe. There isn't a separate wire for the float switch. So I need a new pump that has only one cord. I won't be able to thread two cords through that pipe.

2. the current piping goes straight up from the pump about 3' with 1 1/2" piping, then expands to 2" piping and turns 90 degrees to be roughly level with the ground. The piping then disappears under ground and I can not see it.

3. I believe after the pipe has risen this 3' and turned 90 degrees, it then turns again to the right at a ~120 degree angle, goes 10', turns 90 degrees to the left and then slowly rises a couple of inches over a distance of 60' and then goes downhill for another 30' before reaching the curb in front of my house and draining to the street. The pump is in my backyard.

So my question is, given that I need to pump water up only 4' or so, but with the high point being ~60' away, what horse power pump do I need? Also keep in mind that I want just one electrical cord or it will be hard for me to thread it through the existing conduit piping.

Thanks for any help or guidance you can give me.

Don

Go to the Ira Woods website and then the Zoeller site to get all the info and good prices you need.

You do not need much of a pump for this condition.

dsm said:

It's a Myers S25A1 with the date 1996 on it. I can't make out much else on the label. It's 115 volts, 8 amps, 60 hertz

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Looks like the old pump was 1/4 HP so if it was doing its job, there's no need for anything more than a fractional HP pump.

Thank You for your responses!

Thanks everyone for your help. I replaced the pump Friday night with a 1/2 HP Zoeller pump and it works fine. Tonight I finished fishing the wiring through the existing conduit (under concrete). The water comes out at the street with a good force. I probably could have gotten away with a 1/3 HP, but not sure if I'd want a 1/4 HP, although it probably would be fine as well.

Thank you again. I'm glad I didn't go for a 1 HP pump.

Don

All too often we have the mindset that "bigger is better". One needs to be careful about switching to a pump that has greater output. If a pump motor only runs for 5-10 seconds at a time it will not be likely to live a very long life.