On Mar 22, 4:18 pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article .com, "cavedweller" wrote:



On Mar 22, 10:40 am, "Harry K" wrote:
On Mar 22, 6:33 am, "cavedweller" wrote:
On Mar 22, 7:29 am, (Doug Miller) wrote:

In article . com,
"cavedweller" wrote:


Yes, I can see that you quoted it. I can also see that you didn't read, or
didn't understand, what you quoted.

OK, so what do you know that I don't? My assumptions (bad idea, I
know) are that this is a conventional concrete or plastic sump with
inlet(s) around its perimeter near the top and that the pump is either
a pedestal type with an adjustable float or perhaps a submersible
(without much adjustment on the float).

Water is pumped from the bottom of the sump and is discharged
somewhere. Per the OP, the depth of water in the sump (he called it a
well) never rises to the level of the inlets before the pump turns
on. With any significant amount of inflow, that would tell me that
the pump cycles a lot.


It should tell you something else, too.

And that would be? Seriously, unless you know the original poster and
have particular insights into his problem that he hasn't explained, I
don't know what you mean.

My experience is that rainfall has very little immediate influence on
the amount of water flowing into my basement sump from footing
drains. My own situation is worse in the spring when the snow is
melting and the ground is thawing and the flow from the footing drains
is pretty heavy for some weeks.