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Archives Room - Official Work Thread

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John McNamara:
My basement has historically suffered from water incursion, so I now have an exterior periphery drain feeding a sump. In the sump are two identical pumps offset vertically about an inch. The lower (primary) pump runs off conventional AC power. The upper (secondary) pump also runs off AC, but the AC comes from an inverter powered by a large deep-cycle battery that is continuously trickle-charged by battery monitors. There is a "Watt-minder" monitor in the AC feed to the secondary pump. I check this periodically to make sure that the secondary pump has not been running unbeknownst to me.

This whole rig has keep my basement dry though power failures of more than five hour duration, and I highly recommend a similar arrangement for the archive room. It would probably even work if the local fire department poured a few hundred gallons of water on my house with the power off (not that I want to try that :-[)

-John M

James Patten:
We have a sump pump in the basement - and we know that it works, because earlier this year somebody unplugged it and during a storm the basement filled with a couple of inches of water.

John McNamara:

--- Quote from: James Patten on March 30, 2023, 10:45:00 AM ---We have a sump pump in the basement - and we know that it works, because earlier this year somebody unplugged it and during a storm the basement filled with a couple of inches of water.

--- End quote ---
Indeed. What if CMP unplugs it?

Ed Lecuyer:

--- Quote ---What if CMP unplugs it?
--- End quote ---

Then our new (on order, not yet arrived or installed) generator will kick in until CMP turns the power back on.

Bill Reidy:
Electrician and member/volunteer Josh Recave busy at work today wiring the new archives and gift shop storage rooms in the basement of the Percival House.


While archivist Linda Zollers was busy upstairs cataloging new additions to our archives.

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