Monitoring Sump?

[greg]

Here is my set up.

I have a regular pump and a back up battery pump in the same pit. I have an accelerometer on the pipe (above the pit) which alerts me if the sump runs twice in a certain time period. I use this smart app for that.

[OBSOLETE] Sump Pump Monitor

Title says it all. Monitors your sump pump within a specific time frame to alert you if it is running too often. Put a multi sensor on your outlet pipe to detect when the pump is running. Pretty simple but very informative. Thanks @greg for helping me test!!! Please let me know if there are any issues with the app. /** * Sump Pump Check * * Copyright 2014 Tim Slagle * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed * on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY …

The back up pump has two float switches (one lower and one higher), both of which are higher than the regular pump.

I then have a utilitech moisture sensor lead running into the pit which is positioned between the two float switches for the back up pump.

And lastly I use big talker to announce in the house if/when the pump runs at all.

So if I’m not home - I only care if it ran 2x in 30 minutes. If I’m home and awake Big Talker will announce all usage.

I went a little overboard after my basement nearly flooded during hurricane Sandy.