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Came here to suggest exactly this. I have one of these with a Hydrocheck 6600 electronic switch and it moves a hell of a lot of water. In a duplex setup with dedicated discharge lines even two half horse pumps would move an incredible amount of water as well.

@@dubester1982 The idiot owners that had our house previously dug out a spot in our crawlspace about 15' long by 4' wide x about 4+' deep and put a cinderblock wall all the way around. They put the water heater at the upper end and dug a makeshift open sump (literally, just a hole with no line or anything) at the lower end and threw a 1/3HP pedestal sump pump in it. They had to have poured a concrete slab or the wall itself would have sank in over the years. However, they turned a few of the concrete blocks sideways to serve as drains. So when it rains inches of rain, depending on the time of year and how fast it rains at once, water flows in from behind the wall from the crawlspace dirt and runs across the open floor of the hole. That caused dirt to be deposited over the years from the behind the wall, forming to be inches deep across the entire length of the floor of the hole. What made it worse? They had a piece of wood hanging down from the floor joist above that the pedestal pump was attached to, so it vibrated the entire room when it came on. Worse setup I have ever seen and far too costly to fix. We'll probably just move and let someone else deal with it when we sell the house, but we won't hide it from them. I ended up just digging out the makeshift sump even deeper, putting a liner down and surrounding it with smaller rocks that also act as filters for the dirt. I put in a BA-33 1/3HP Ion Storm Pro set to come on if the crappy cheaper 1/3HP pump got overwhelmed somehow (unlikely). I have seen upwards of 50+ gallons per minute flow across the floor of that hole when it rained 3-4 inches over a couple of days and it would do that for sometimes 2-3 days. It goes a lengthy distance from the house and those submersibles are also awesome in that the water helps cool them constantly. I preferred to set the Ion Storm Pro to be the secondary because it costs so much and our pump doesn't have to come on very often during a year. However, there was a storm one time before I put those in where there were inches of water running across the entire neighborhood in a flash flood due to completely saturated ground with already a few inches of rain that had fallen. For events like that, I'm glad that I put in overkill. Each pump has it's own pipe that goes into a larger pipe outside of the house. Of course, right before each pipe tees into the other, I put check valves after each pump to avoid any issues.

Hardly for a pressurized unit

It discharges into a 4 inch pipe that daylights to a large drainage ditch.

Florida so it’s a sandy soil.

I agree. The catch basin is currently emptying into perforated 4 inch pipe with a sock (no stone or aggregate). I hired a contractor about 10 years ago to put it in. It was all gravity discharge, no Sump pump and it was way slower then. About three years ago I added the Sump pit and pump. I know now that a catch basin should always be tied to solid pipe with much more slope. And a French drain should be separate from the catch basin. I have plans to modify it a lot. Just need to take the time and do it.

I think he said Zoeller... near the end

@@charliefunboy5210 It's probably the Zoller M98. It's a bad ass pump. That's what I use.

@@2ndshiftaudio300 This switches in those pumps are horrible they fail pretty quickly.

It’s a half horse Zoller but a cheaper version than the m98. Got it at lowes. I’ve had it for 4-5 years and it’s a trooper. I also have a m98 in another sump pit in my front yard. M98 is much more powerful. I think about $100 more.

Yeah this is a cheap 1/2 hp Zoller pump from lowes. Whenever it eventually goes bad I will upgrade to a Zoller M98 which is much faster. I have one on another area of my property.

@@frenchapple1458 Wouldnt go with a bigger pump it will break earlier They are faster means, they switch on/off more often. Lets say it takes 1min to fill the sump and 1min for the pump to empty it, means a 2min cycle time. A bigger pump only needs 30 sec means. One cycle 1:30min, means 33% more cycles.

@@frenchapple1458 look at Ion pumps first, if you haven't already checked them out. I am a fellow water nerd, and these and solid state switches are the way imo

It discharges to a natural woods/wetland area behind my property that has a large drainage ditch.

Thanks!

267 will do 128gpm which is almost double the M98. Both combined you will have 200gpm or 12,000 gallons per hour. That’s if the French drain can keep the basin filled.

Hi Indi, thanks for your comment. This video link below may give you some additional reference. The neighborhood is very poorly engineered for drainage. Many driveways remain flooded after a rain event for several days. I have to pump it out. Part of the issue is there is a single catch basin which runs into a single perforated pipe covered with a sock. I had it installed about 6 years ago before I knew anything about drainage. Therefore in a big rain event the ground water floods the pipe and the catch basin gets backed up as a result. As I said even in a 6 inch rainfall the yard will be relatively dry in about 1 hour. The pump could handle much more water. Currently I’m not delivering the water fast enough to the basin. I am thinking 6 inch smooth wall from the basin and either easy drain (peanut pipe) or stone French drain in the same trench. th-cam.com/video/gMn-6sdlQgo/w-d-xo.html

@@frenchapple1458 that is a lot of water. You can leave the 4" corrugated in place and add a 6" to the same drain pit. 6" will handle a lot of water, they sell 6" corrugated pipe at home depot, not a bad price either, I think a 100' roll for about 125$. 6" smooth wall will cost you quite a bit more money. It looks by your video the opposite side of the driveway is not flooded. Can't you grade and have some of that water gravity discharge to the other side? That m98 seems to be keeping up fine and not short cycling. If you have a short cycle problem you could add a timer to it.

Hi Bob I have read a lot of your comments on FDM. I wish gravity was an option but unfortunately it isn’t. See my reply to Indi above. I’m thinking a larger catch basin, 6 inch smooth wall, and separate French drain pipe. My biggest desire is to empty the flooded bath tub of a driveway quickly so it doesn’t sit there flooded for an hour. This video my give more context. th-cam.com/video/gMn-6sdlQgo/w-d-xo.html

Thanks!