Joseph Meehan wrote:
Is there a bicycle powered water pump available? A simple way to keep
the basement dry when the power goes off, if so.

I can't find any. It ought to be simple though.

A regular bike rider can easily put out 250w for hours, which ought
to keep ahead of a flood with lots of room for breaks.

Got to be real fun doing that all night. ;-)

It also means you must be home at the time.

It's more fruitful than bike riding, and people do that for hours; going for 100
mile rides both Saturday and Sunday, for instnace.

Look at the motivation when the water's gaining on you.

Some people are home most of the time, and there's a fine water alarm in the sump
hole.

The thing about human powered is that it outlasts the power outage easily, and
gives you something to do in the dark. No fumes, no stale gasoline running out,
no dead batteries.

It's not as if you'd have to do it continuously, just when the alarm tells you the
water has risen again; then pump it dry again. There's lots of water storage under
the floor before the well is full again.
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Ron Hardin


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