So our main (only) septic pump must have gave up the ghost yesterday and I was woken up with a little backup in our basement. Nothing crazy thankfully as the water alarm beside the floor drain went off. For some reason our high alarm float didn't alert us (PumpSpy device, but it seems very unreliable). I'm thinking about spending some money and getting a better setup installed so we hopefully don't have this again. I had a Monarch 1/3HP, but have since replaced it with a Red Lion (Chinese clone?) in 1/2HP. This is the pump:
We have an ejector setup so no submersible pumps work. We just have a 1-1/4" poly pipe in and out of our basement. This pump sends the black water out to the field. Weird setup that isn't used much any more, but it's simple and cheap.
It would be nice to move to a redundant setup with two of these that alternate. Is it just as easy as putting a wye connection on their inputs and outputs? Anything I need to be careful of as far as check valve or filter placement?
Also any recommendation on control box for a duplex setup? Something that only needs one float for pump control and one for high alarm would work as we don't have a ton of space for a bunch of floats. It would be nice to alternate between pumps and have the second one kick on if the high alarm float goes off. Wifi or network with email/sms alerts would be perfect as we're away a bunch.
Cast Iron Surface Effluent Pumps - Red Lion
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We have an ejector setup so no submersible pumps work. We just have a 1-1/4" poly pipe in and out of our basement. This pump sends the black water out to the field. Weird setup that isn't used much any more, but it's simple and cheap.
It would be nice to move to a redundant setup with two of these that alternate. Is it just as easy as putting a wye connection on their inputs and outputs? Anything I need to be careful of as far as check valve or filter placement?
Also any recommendation on control box for a duplex setup? Something that only needs one float for pump control and one for high alarm would work as we don't have a ton of space for a bunch of floats. It would be nice to alternate between pumps and have the second one kick on if the high alarm float goes off. Wifi or network with email/sms alerts would be perfect as we're away a bunch.