Vikram Desikan
New Member
I have a perfectly well functioning sump pump setup which had kept my basement dry... except this one time when my primary pump failed (& secondary was unplugged by a contractor working on a job!). This pump that failed was a zoeller M98, which was probably not more than a year old.
This got me thinking of going to a zoeller N98 pump with an electronic switch such as the levelguard. The assumption of course was that the constant cycle (short cycling?) killed my pump switch.
In my basement(greater Boston), during heavy rains and snow melts in spring, the pump runs for~2 minutes with a 45s-~1 minutes turn off. Say the pumps are active between Nov-Arp.
So, the question is what fails(premature failure) when pumps run this frequently - is it the pump itself or the switch?
Also, is my description of the pump activity indicative of short cycling or simply an overactive situation?
Any feedback/ suggestions is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
This got me thinking of going to a zoeller N98 pump with an electronic switch such as the levelguard. The assumption of course was that the constant cycle (short cycling?) killed my pump switch.
In my basement(greater Boston), during heavy rains and snow melts in spring, the pump runs for~2 minutes with a 45s-~1 minutes turn off. Say the pumps are active between Nov-Arp.
So, the question is what fails(premature failure) when pumps run this frequently - is it the pump itself or the switch?
Also, is my description of the pump activity indicative of short cycling or simply an overactive situation?
Any feedback/ suggestions is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.