On Sep 11, 9:59*pm, "Mark" wrote:
Hi group,

I've been looking (but not extremely hard!) for a switch I can use to
trigger the pump I'm using to drain water from a low spot in my yard. *On
heavy rains I get several inches in an area next to my garage, and on very
heavy rains it actually gets deep enough to roll into the garage. *I don't
want to dig and put in a dry well, I don't know that I have enough space for
this without tearing out a lot of driveway and yard.

The problem is my yard is lower than neighbors on each side, and general
drainage, downspouts from our garages, etc is the source of the water, and
there isn't much I can do with it at the source.

I have the pump I'm going to build into a decorative planter to place at the
lowest spot. It can handle a garden hose or a 1" pipe on the discharge, and
I can run either inconspicuously out to the alley behind the garage where it
can drain away to the storm drains. *Problem is most of the switches to I've
seen are for pumps in a sump-pit, and aren't designed to turn on and off in
a couple inches of water. *Does anyone know of such a switch?

Thanks!

Mark

First off, you'll probably need a bigger pump.

Second off, it'll be cheaper to just buy a sump pump and put it in
your hole and then decorate that. Then you have the right pump and
the right switch for the job without tickering around.