Sump pump setup, and an odd question
Hi everyone.
I just moved into a house built on and obviously high water table. The sump hole is always dripping and the pump runs quite often. I do have a 9000w generator setup that works well, but I am looking into alternative battery backup options so I don't need to always resort to the geni, and also, to buy me time to get to it if I am away, or sleeping when power goes out.
Now the regular pump is a pretty straight forward 1/2hp submersible, and it works well. There is an older one that still works in the corner I suspect for backup in case of failure, but I am looking for just power outage backup.
What confuses me is the second pipe connecting to the main pipe. I can't figure out what it is or was. It has a copper water pipe, running to a hose connected to something white at the bottom, but no electrical running off it. The more confusing part, is that the copper pipe runs back to the main water line into the house, but is turned off at the valve. So if I open it, it would in my assumption, put water into the hole, which seems very counter productive..... There is also the remains of a float bracket no longer attached.
Has anyone seen anything like this and know what it is or was for? Pictures from the pit back to the water to trace the copper line.
I just moved into a house built on and obviously high water table. The sump hole is always dripping and the pump runs quite often. I do have a 9000w generator setup that works well, but I am looking into alternative battery backup options so I don't need to always resort to the geni, and also, to buy me time to get to it if I am away, or sleeping when power goes out.
Now the regular pump is a pretty straight forward 1/2hp submersible, and it works well. There is an older one that still works in the corner I suspect for backup in case of failure, but I am looking for just power outage backup.
What confuses me is the second pipe connecting to the main pipe. I can't figure out what it is or was. It has a copper water pipe, running to a hose connected to something white at the bottom, but no electrical running off it. The more confusing part, is that the copper pipe runs back to the main water line into the house, but is turned off at the valve. So if I open it, it would in my assumption, put water into the hole, which seems very counter productive..... There is also the remains of a float bracket no longer attached.
Has anyone seen anything like this and know what it is or was for? Pictures from the pit back to the water to trace the copper line.
