RE: Flood
Oh, I wanted to mention what I did to cause this calamity, just in case anyone else can learn from it.
I was a technique to vacuum my tank where I would take some flexible tubing and run it down through a piece of PVC pipe. This lets me hold the flexible tube down on the bottom Then the other end of the flexible tube goes down to the sump, but through a fine net. The net catches all the gunk, and I can vacuum for as long as I want. What happened was that I stirred up the tank a lot. I left the siphon in place for a while, letting it suck down the stirred up gunk. I went upstairs to do some work. Nervous yet? I had done this several times before, and had no problems.
What I did not anticipate was what would happen if the sump return pump stopped. I guess I splashed a power strip or something, and the GFCI tripped. The pump stopped, but of course the siphon kept going.
I happened to come downstairs and see the floor completely full of water, and the tank about half full. When I walked across the floor, little waves came up. It was probably about a half inch of water. It ttok me a while to realize what was happening. I stared at the overflowing sump, trying to figure out where the water was coming from.
This is by far the worst flood I have ever had.
