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Basement Watchdog battery backup sump Question Chris (SilverUnicorn) 03-31-2008
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Posted by Chris (SilverUnicorn) on April 1, 2008, 8:17 am
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> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:42:16 -0700 (PDT), "Chris (SilverUnicorn)"
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> >Had a Basement Watchdog installed today, along with a brand new Rigid
> >Sump Pump.
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> >Had a question on the Basement Watchdog......
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> >How long does the initial battery charge take? Or when you add the
> >water to the acid, is the battery fully charged at that point? I never
> >used oneof these today. It was installed this morning, and the only
> >light on the control panel is the green "System Operating" light, so I
> >am assumong all is okay. Does it show when the battery is charging?
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> >Thanks, Sorry for the dumb question.
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> >Chris
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> The battery is fully charged after you add the acid.
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> As for an indicator, it depends on which model you have. =A0The largest
> one has a battery charging indicator. =A0Not sure about the others. They
> all have an alarm if battery gets low though.
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> HTH,
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> Paul F.- Hide quoted text -
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Thank you for all the replies.

We have well water, not city water. We did not get suckered, but
thanks for the concern :)

This is the model of backup we got:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/2379097028_8f9b75d367_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/2379098200_df0d3ecdac_b.jpg


I did see there was a "charging" light but was not sure if it should
have been on or not.

Seems like all is fine, but I will read the manual this evening.

Oh, the reason we got this........
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3098/2367122799_6047cd596e_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2180/2362777792_4a4a787b27_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2240/2367123627_72d80c5c36_b.jpg


Thanks again for all the knowledge :)

Chris


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