Welp, I have it this time, I bought a house and the sump pump now cycles every 30-45 seconds. Whoa.
I decided yesterday to pull the existing pumps (which look old as the hills) and replaced them with Liberty 237 pumps. I doubled up as they did, and replaced the check valves as well. I *currently* have one about 2" higher than the other more in a 'backup' style of system. Water pours into the crock like crazy...and unfortunately it's only a standard size crock (I'm not there and forgot to measure it, maybe 18" diameter?). The liberty 237 is cycling every 30 seconds, then runs for 10 seconds. That's obviously crazy town in my book (it's been a wet year, but it's not THAT wet).
My question is two-fold. I have looked at the Liberty Pumps 5050, which is a 'duplex' control. I don't know if I can still use the Liberty 237 in conjunction with that control or not? And if so, I believe they use their own 'switch' which appears you can allow it to have more depth range to allow the pump to run longer and cycle less?
Anyone use a setup like this with any luck? I clearly want as much protection as I can as it's a semi-finished basement. Any other thoughts on getting the pumps to not short-cycle so badly?
I decided yesterday to pull the existing pumps (which look old as the hills) and replaced them with Liberty 237 pumps. I doubled up as they did, and replaced the check valves as well. I *currently* have one about 2" higher than the other more in a 'backup' style of system. Water pours into the crock like crazy...and unfortunately it's only a standard size crock (I'm not there and forgot to measure it, maybe 18" diameter?). The liberty 237 is cycling every 30 seconds, then runs for 10 seconds. That's obviously crazy town in my book (it's been a wet year, but it's not THAT wet).
My question is two-fold. I have looked at the Liberty Pumps 5050, which is a 'duplex' control. I don't know if I can still use the Liberty 237 in conjunction with that control or not? And if so, I believe they use their own 'switch' which appears you can allow it to have more depth range to allow the pump to run longer and cycle less?
Anyone use a setup like this with any luck? I clearly want as much protection as I can as it's a semi-finished basement. Any other thoughts on getting the pumps to not short-cycle so badly?