On Mar 7, 8:30*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 19:38:17 -0500, "Ed Pawlowski"
wrote:



"harry" wrote

If you have a sump pump and it starts up, it will burn out very
quickly, they are water cooled. Hot water is not going to cool it.

Not really. *I run sump pumps on a regular basis up to a constant 16 hours a
day in 125 degree water and they last for years. * I have another self
priming pump that will get rid of 190 degree water in a flash and has been
doing so for about 15 years, but that is only about 20 to 30 gallons at a
time.

Zoeller spec is 130 degrees and most residential water heaters are right in
that range.

The water will cool quite a bit before it gets to the pump too.

Plus, even hot water from the water heater is sufficient to keep the
motor cool
enough so that it doesn't burn out. Many motors, pool pump motors
being an
example, run so hot you can't keep your hand on them. Same thing with
the
inducer motor in my furnace. That hot water can still absorb a lot of
heat and
keep a motor from going higher.





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