How much water does Basepump use?
A. Basepump uses 1 Gallon of municipal water to remove 2 Gallons of sump water, at 50 – 60 lbs. PSI. Water usage per gallons removed will decrease proportionately as the pressure increases. At 90 PSI it will use 1 Gallon to remove more than 2 Gallons from the sump. Since this is an emergency backup sump pump, this water usage is somewhat irrelevant. The average cost of that water, (about 2.5 cents each minute it runs in most locales), compared to a basement ruined by flooding, is an easy tradeoff. This cost is actually very close to the ordinary cost of the electricity used to run your primary pump. The water ONLY runs when Basepump is activated by a high water situation. As an extreme example, if Basepump were to run for 30 seconds once every 5 minutes for an entire 24 hour period, (288 cycles!) the average cost of operation for that day would be approximately $3.60! Compare that to the damage prevented or the replacement cost of batteries for a battery powered unit. The 3 Models of B
