This may seem a silly question, but here it is. My sump pump is over 20
years old. It stopped pumping yesterday and after draining the sump manually
and removing this pump I found the problem to be a rusted away pipe near
what appears to be an impeller housing. Whats left of some of the pipe is
rusted to that housing. Considering everything, I'm replacing the pump with
something new. What I have is a pedestal type, and over the last few years
I've spent too much time fiddling with the float and it's guides.

Can I replace this style with a submersible one? From photos they seem more
compact and the float seems simpler.
TIA,
Gerry

Absolutely, as long as you have enough depth for the float or pressure
switch to operate


"gerry gardiner" wrote in message
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This may seem a silly question, but here it is. My sump pump is over 20
years old. It stopped pumping yesterday and after draining the sump
manually
and removing this pump I found the problem to be a rusted away pipe near
what appears to be an impeller housing. Whats left of some of the pipe is
rusted to that housing. Considering everything, I'm replacing the pump
with
something new. What I have is a pedestal type, and over the last few years
I've spent too much time fiddling with the float and it's guides.

Can I replace this style with a submersible one? From photos they seem
more
compact and the float seems simpler.
TIA,
Gerry

Just make sure that the float has room to do its thing,otherwise go
ahead
gerry gardiner wrote:
This may seem a silly question, but here it is. My sump pump is over 20
years old. It stopped pumping yesterday and after draining the sump manually
and removing this pump I found the problem to be a rusted away pipe near
what appears to be an impeller housing. Whats left of some of the pipe is
rusted to that housing. Considering everything, I'm replacing the pump with
something new. What I have is a pedestal type, and over the last few years
I've spent too much time fiddling with the float and it's guides.

Can I replace this style with a submersible one? From photos they seem more
compact and the float seems simpler.
TIA,
Gerry

gerry gardiner wrote:
This may seem a silly question, but here it is. My sump pump is over 20
years old. It stopped pumping yesterday and after draining the sump manually
and removing this pump I found the problem to be a rusted away pipe near
what appears to be an impeller housing. Whats left of some of the pipe is
rusted to that housing. Considering everything, I'm replacing the pump with
something new. What I have is a pedestal type, and over the last few years
I've spent too much time fiddling with the float and it's guides.

Can I replace this style with a submersible one? From photos they seem more
compact and the float seems simpler.
TIA,
Gerry

Yes as long as you have both room and depth for the float. I replaced
my pedestal with one somewhere around 20 years ago. Nice not fiddling
with the float anymore.

Harry K

I have had both kinds of pumps........

pedastal type advantage is you can know what the water level is...

the submersible type is filled with oil at least my old one was ttill a
seal failed and it shorted out.........

Try a Zoeller m53 it's a pretty durable unit and goes many years before
needing service which usually entails switch replacement- 4 machine
screws to remove cover.
gerry gardiner wrote:
This may seem a silly question, but here it is. My sump pump is over 20
years old. It stopped pumping yesterday and after draining the sump manually
and removing this pump I found the problem to be a rusted away pipe near
what appears to be an impeller housing. Whats left of some of the pipe is
rusted to that housing. Considering everything, I'm replacing the pump with
something new. What I have is a pedestal type, and over the last few years
I've spent too much time fiddling with the float and it's guides.

Can I replace this style with a submersible one? From photos they seem more
compact and the float seems simpler.
TIA,
Gerry

And as long as the drain pit (my family calls it a crock) is wide
enough to allow the float to rise.

--

Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
..

"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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Absolutely, as long as you have enough depth for the float or pressure
switch to operate


"gerry gardiner" wrote in message
. ..
This may seem a silly question, but here it is. My sump pump is over
20
years old. It stopped pumping yesterday and after draining the sump
manually
and removing this pump I found the problem to be a rusted away pipe
near
what appears to be an impeller housing. Whats left of some of the
pipe is
rusted to that housing. Considering everything, I'm replacing the
pump
with
something new. What I have is a pedestal type, and over the last few
years
I've spent too much time fiddling with the float and it's guides.

Can I replace this style with a submersible one? From photos they
seem
more
compact and the float seems simpler.
TIA,
Gerry