On 12/8/2012 5:36 PM, bob haller wrote:
On Dec 8, 5:35 pm, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote:
Per bob haller:

the next buyers home inspector flagged the sump pump for being on a
GFCI said you should never have a GFCI on a sump pump

Can anybody explain?

Not knowing anything at all, I'd think GFCI would be an
unmitigated plus/safety factor on any circuit.
--
Pete Cresswell

GFCIs werent required in garages just living areas. this according to
the middle states inspector who came out to reinspect the main service
the home inspector flagged the main service because the signature of
the original inspector had faded. you could see it had been signed but
werent able to read the name clearly

a nuisance trip of a sump pumps GFCI could cause the basement to
flood...

and normally with the pump submeged down the hole and sumps being
plastic there shouldnt be a shock hazard....


I'm in the process right now of working up a price for an elderly
customer who wants an emergency sump pump. I've had to repair her
furnace due to flooding of her basement even though me and a friend
had pumped out her basement before and installed a new pump and pipe,
the power failed during a heavy thunderstorm and the new pump couldn't
work. I going to go with a medium priced water powered backup pump and
install a sump pump failure alarm. I've seen a wide variation in prices
for water powered backup pumps that run on city water. ^_^

TDD