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Sump pump alarm

Question about Sump Pump Alarm

A friend wired my sister's finished basement. In an unfinished part of the basement is either a sump pump or sewer injector pump. My friend installed a dedicated line and single receptacle for the pump of which are two cords, one for the pump and one for the floats. After my friend left someone came by and installed an alarm and now the inspector wants that plugged in. Now, does this alarm need to be on a different circuit or can it be on the pump's circuit?

Same Circuit

I have my sewer ejector pump alarm on the same circuit as the pump plugged in a duplex receptacle.

Switching Outlet

I would not hesitate to switch out the single outlet for a duplex and plug in the alarm.

Breaker Trips

So if the breaker trips there would be no alarm? If I'm holding the liability of a flooded basement over my head that alarm will be fed from a different circuit. Here its required by state code.

Battery

The alarm works off of a battery. The alarm NEEDS to be on the same circuit so it can let you know when the sump pump circuit is out.

Different Circuit

Even if it dosent need to be on a different circuit I would want it to be. If the pump would trip the breaker you would have no alarm.

Back up Battery

Dude, back up battery.

Alarm Independent

Although the alarm is independent of the power to the pump so even a separate circuit would keep the alarm operating on line voltage instead of the battery backup in the event of the pump circuit tripping.

120 Volts Alarms

The alarms we get here are 120 volts only, and are fed from the basement lighting or other circuit, I have a battery back up pump on my house which also has its own alarm, but the alarms I'm talking about have two terminals to attach the wires from a high float switch.

Different Types of Alarms

There are probably many different types of alarms made for this. Each requiring a different set-up.

Build My Own

I build my own to fit each project so I can make mine do what I want.

50/50 Split

Looks like a 50/50 split with respect to having the alarm on a different circuit or not. I believe the inspector wrote something eluding to it being on a different circuit.