On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:45:33 -0500, "Jay Stootzmann"
wrote:


You should exercise the pump on a regular basis. The "Ace in the Hole" will
have a "test" button on the battery case.

you could hook up your regular pump to the AITH discharge pipe and see if
there is a blockage.

My regular pump is pretty firmly connected to its own discharge pipe.
It might be easier to put a garden hose in the aith discharge and back
fill the sump. OP, have someone inside at the same time to yell when
to stop, or use a walkie talkie or cell phones. Filling up the sump a
quarter or half way is plenty.

You can then empty the sump with the main sump pump.

I haven't done this, but I can imagine a small chance that fillign
backwards would unclog a pipe or unjam a pump,