# sump pump questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sump-pump-questions/656283>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 21, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sump-pump-questions/656283 "2013-04-21T03:07:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sump-pump-questions/656283/21 "2013-04-22T17:33:09Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> I haven’t seen one, but there are simple devices that work off the water supply if you have city water you think will maintain pressure. My neighbor got a generator just for the sump pump back up, I had a little generator for that and it didn’t work worth crap, so I’m considering just getting a large generator to maintain power for the house since we have more power losses than water infiltration in storms.

Yep. I actually asked about that last fall (after Sandy) and at least one fellow Doper posted that they had such a system (the water backup).

To my thinking, it’s fairly rare for both water AND power to be dead around here (it did happen once, after Isabel I think).

If the OP is thinking of installing a sump pump, it just makes sense to include something like that from the start.

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