High water power cut off?

Posted by Puckdropper on February 2, 2009, 6:03 am

I've done some Google searching, checked the archives of this group for
relavent recent discussion, and have thus far come up with nothing useful.

We have a water softener and dehumidifier that drain in to the sump pump.
The sump pump output pipe froze, causing the discharge from the softener
regeneration to back up into the basement. I'm looking for a high water
alarm that can cut the power to these devices in case something happens
again.

Does anyone know of such a thing?

Puckdropper
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writers are incorrigible.

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Posted by ransley on February 2, 2009, 7:45 am

On Feb 2, 5:03=A0am, Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> I've done some Google searching, checked the archives of this group for
> relavent recent discussion, and have thus far come up with nothing useful=

> We have a water softener and dehumidifier that drain in to the sump pump.=

=A0

> The sump pump output pipe froze, causing the discharge from the softener
> regeneration to back up into the basement. =A0I'm looking for a high wate=

> alarm that can cut the power to these devices in case something happens
> again.
> Does anyone know of such a thing?
> Puckdropper
> --
> On Usenet, no one can hear you laugh. =A0That's a good thing, though, as =

some

> writers are incorrigible.
> To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

You have no sewer drain in the basement? Where does laundry water go?

Posted by Paul Oman on February 2, 2009, 11:06 am

ransley wrote:

> On Feb 2, 5:03 am, Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>

>> I've done some Google searching, checked the archives of this group for
>> relavent recent discussion, and have thus far come up with nothing useful.
>> We have a water softener and dehumidifier that drain in to the sump pump.
>> The sump pump output pipe froze, causing the discharge from the softener
>> regeneration to back up into the basement. I'm looking for a high water
>> alarm that can cut the power to these devices in case something happens
>> again.
>> Does anyone know of such a thing?
>> Puckdropper
>> --
>> On Usenet, no one can hear you laugh. That's a good thing, though, as some
>> writers are incorrigible.
>> To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm
>>

> You have no sewer drain in the basement? Where does laundry water go?
>

I've been fighting this problem with the waterfilter/softener recycle
discharge hose for a good while.

get the outlet hose (in places it can freeze) to slop downward so it
doesn't sit with water in it to freeze. In other places use a water pipe
heating cable wrap (sold at the box stores) - In cold places in my
basement I also have a cheap themostat and two 100 watt light bulbs to
keep that area above 32 degrees

paul

Posted by Harry K on February 3, 2009, 10:11 am

> On Feb 2, 5:03=A0am, Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> > I've done some Google searching, checked the archives of this group for
> > relavent recent discussion, and have thus far come up with nothing usef=

ul.

> > We have a water softener and dehumidifier that drain in to the sump pum=

p. =A0

> > The sump pump output pipe froze, causing the discharge from the softene=

> > regeneration to back up into the basement. =A0I'm looking for a high wa=

ter

> > alarm that can cut the power to these devices in case something happens
> > again.
> > Does anyone know of such a thing?
> > Puckdropper
> > --
> > On Usenet, no one can hear you laugh. =A0That's a good thing, though, a=

s some

> > writers are incorrigible.
> > To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

> You have no sewer drain in the basement? Where does laundry water go?- Hi=

de quoted text -

> - Show quoted text -

Posted by benick on February 3, 2009, 11:50 am

> On Feb 2, 5:03 am, Puckdropper <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> > I've done some Google searching, checked the archives of this group for
> > relavent recent discussion, and have thus far come up with nothing
> > useful.
> > We have a water softener and dehumidifier that drain in to the sump
> > pump.
> > The sump pump output pipe froze, causing the discharge from the softener
> > regeneration to back up into the basement. I'm looking for a high water
> > alarm that can cut the power to these devices in case something happens
> > again.
> > Does anyone know of such a thing?
> > Puckdropper
> > --
> > On Usenet, no one can hear you laugh. That's a good thing, though, as
> > some
> > writers are incorrigible.
> > To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

> You have no sewer drain in the basement? Where does laundry water go?-
> Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -

Probably the same place 99% of everyones gray water goes. Into the
sewer or septic tank. Yes, it is best not to do that but "best" and
"what gets done" are rarely the same thing.

Is it dark where your head is?

Harry K

Here in Maine it is code to have ALL gray water go into the septic so
perhaps it's dark where your head is????

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