That moment my sump pump died during a 3 day rain in Decatur

I woke up at 3 am to water creeping across my basement floor. My sump pump had just stopped working after 7 years of no issues. Turns out the float switch got stuck on a piece of gravel that had worked its way into the pit. I grabbed a shop vac from the garage and spent an hour and a half sucking out water while my neighbor loaned me his backup pump. After I replaced the switch myself for $12, I also put a mesh screen over the pit inlet to keep debris out. Has anyone else had their pump fail from something this simple?

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the_joseph17d ago

It's always the tiny stupid things that break the whole system.

anthony98917d ago

Tiny stupid things breaking the whole system" is basically my life motto lol. I spent an hour yesterday trying to figure out why my PC wouldn't boot, and it was just a loose USB cable hanging off the back. Makes you feel like a genius when you finally spot it though.