I spent one month busting concrete, laying pipe, and pouring new concrete only to have those efforts squashed by the brand of pump I put in my new basement sump system. I bought a 3/4 HP Flotec pump as the backbone of my new drainage system. The first accumulating rainfall....the switch failed. I then installed a third party electronic switch and the pump started failing. I noticed oily residue in the sump pit so I assume something blew in the motor. The pump still occassionally works only when I manually plug it in without piggybacking it into the switch. But sometimes it doesn't. Very...
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