leigh
Active Member
well, detroit edison, in their infinite ineptness, has managed to black out isolated areas for short time periods in addition to the thousands of customers they still have yet to restore power to since last weeks storms. apparently some time this afternoon (i think about 3 hours ago based on the time my clocks are blinking) my power was out for an unknown period of time. of course, no big deal, i wasn't even home. however, i came home to find half my sump on the floor. this surprised me. see, i figured with a power outage my pump would go out, the water level in the sump would rise (thus the half full sump) no biggie, then when power comes on, pump will kick on and the sump/overflow/return pump cycle would start again. from what i can tell, however, during the period when the power was out, i lost suction in my overflow u-tube, and so when the power went on, half my sump got pumped into the main tank with no where to go, thus overflowing. i know it was the main tank that overflowed, not the sump, based on where on the floor i found water (and based on the evil look my gigantic hermit crab in my sump was giving me). so my question is, why'd i loose suction? if everything stops, hypthetically, shouldn't suction in the u-tube to the overflow still remain?
thanks!
-leigh
thanks!
-leigh
