I always liked this guy( I’m also an hvac tech) but I like him even more. Midterms are coming up soon. Let’s hope things change for the better.

@@jaybee1930 couldn’t have said it any better myself

Being a MAGA drone is nothing to be proud of. Ask someone close to you to explain there/their/they’re; even though they sound the exact same they are different words. Study up on English, and maybe I will teach you politics at a later time.

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The splendilly little needs who design these boards have no idea what takes to survive outside for months and years, it's appalling.

I have had my share of flooding nightmares due to either a failed sump pump, too much rain for the sump pump to keep up, or power loss. After each incident, I learned something and implemented something new. Keep in mind, the majority of water coming into my house comes from 2 places. A gutter downspout in the back that went straight into the ground and a 40 degree yard incline in my backyard. All that rainwater just flows down the hill, pools on my back patio, and eventually ends up in my sump well. So... When my original pump failed due to the float arm rusting and falling off and flooded my basement, I had a new 1/3hp installed. When I had a horrid downpour, the new 1/3hp pump couldnt keep up and flooded my basement, so I put a 1/4hp submersible in there on its own float switch. When I had a 3 day power outage during a bad winter, I bought a 9000watt gas generator. We had a power outage during a rainstorm that spring, and the generator came in handy preventing another flood, but that only works when youre home. So I got a 2000watt inverter with a auto transfer switch and a couple 100ah marine batteries for the pumps just in case the power goes out when im not home. That came in handy a couple times. The next year, another horrid downpour and the pumps couldnt keep up. Luckily no flood thanks to my quick use of a shop vac. This time I decided to stop effin around. So.... I dug a 25ft long trench in my backyard at the base of the hill and installed a french drain. I then rerouted the downspout and french drain into a 3ft deep dry well that i dug out along the side of my house. I then got a 1HP sump pump and installed that next to my 1/3HP pump, with the 1/4hp as a backup. No flooding so far and the incoming water to the sump well has reduced significantly since i dug the trench and dry well.

Yea I called a customer and asked if my digital multi meter was left in basement, said no. Went back about yr or so and did some more work and found it laying on table in basement

That happens often to me in Florida. Condensate pan under the evaporator coil in the air handler needs to drain out of the house, if not it shuts down the control power to the system. Keep those drains open!

In what part of the world do you live in ! For the part of where I live and Steve lives , winter is late most of the time and I myself don't turn off the outside water supply until just about winter and it's never good to let water stand in copper pipe rather it is pressurized or not, ice expands that copper pipe even if leave the outside faucet in the open position plus the damage it causes to the inside of the faucet from the ice expansion it's always a good idea to install a shut off valve with a back drain and in most parts of the United States it is Code for outside faucets. Js

@@catslivesmatter1268 Northern Michigan, and if you leave the sillcock open, the water Will evaporate by the time winter comes, I usually shut the water off beginning of November. Never ever once had a freeze up problem, and it gets below 0 temps here in the winter. And also yes it is code to have a shut off valve to the sillcock, but a drain is Not part of the code.

@@jeffreykreft5442 I believe I said MOST STATES AND COUNTIES @ least in my state and how do you know that you have all the water evaporated out of the pipe ? Do you use clear pipe that you can see inside? That would be awesome

@@catslivesmatter1268 the water will be gone in a matter of days, now I am assuming that your shutoff valve is within a 2 feet of the sillcock, now the only exception I can see is if you have a supply running under a porch or something like that where it would be many feet away, and that area is not heated, then yes putting in a drain would be advisable. By the way, I am a licensed Master Plumber here in Michigan, been doing this for over 30 years.

@@jeffreykreft5442 and I'm a licensed contractor in the state of NY and I do a lot of plumbing in the multiple countries in upstate NY , and yes it's is Code for the counties in which I build homes and HVAC work so I guess we are both right , enjoy your weekend

Had a Home Depot cast iron lasted 2 years

I have had several switches fail on my Zoeller pumps. Switched to wayne and so far so good and my two pumps run very frequently!

Use a Liberty. Never Zoella !

Zoeller, lol

So many waterproofing companies use Zoeller. I've had them, no more. One thing is, the big ones draw about 10 amps! That's a lot if you are going to have 2 pumps on one circuit. Wayne ones same size draw around 4 amps and the GPH is about the same. Wonder why their technology draws so much current. I have a dedicated 20 amp circuit for my sump.

Yeah “Zola’s” suck

I was wondering the same thing.

Least you got to see sump pumps in action, and what happens when they don’t work.

Yea I hate dealing with fiberglass putty, have to cut everything out and start over. Had a shutoff laying on my workbench wrapped in it

I've had good luck with the 7 dollar Harbor Freight ones. I bought a more expensive one at Lowe's and it wasn't very sensitive, returned it.

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@@NY411Info Hey thanks. Got a Harbor Freight close by.

@@stevenlavimoniere Hey thank you for the link Steve.

I bought a 30 year old one of the Let It Go. The guy put a new one in to be safe. That was six years ago and I’ve been using it for a pool cover every winter without failure. I wonder how his new one is working out?

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you have the best comments ever .. is all i can say

You must have never seen a basement in your life.

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