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Wow… very thorough.
In my case, we have a sump pump which protects the basement from flooding when it rains. If the power goes out while we are asleep, we cannot mitigate the rising water.
So — we need something that will awaken us.
Pedestrian compared to some of the scenarios you mentioned here.
Haha! I forgot about those uses too! We live in the desert now but I grew up in grass and swamplands. Haven't had to think of a sump pump or dry-lok in forever. Very, very important alarm need if you want to keep things, that aren't moldy. Oh the memories. We started our first grow in a moldy basement!
Here’s hoping you were spared the blackout during torrential rains.
And I suppose this is on me, but we bought this place which met all our dream features and when we heard it had a sump pump… having grown up in a desert myself, I didn’t exactly understand the ramifications.
I’m a bit stunned there isn’t a simple device that has a small battery in it that remains charged until it needs to scare you out of bed.
I learned in this thread about “smart plugs” which seem like they could be purposed to this task but even that’s not spot on.
I have one of these, it can run my sump pump for around 8-10 hours if the power is off. Make sure you get a quality deep cycle battery, such as a marine rated battery. Due to the fact that I had the battery back up, my homeowner's insurance will cover my basement for an additional $10,000 over what they normally cover for basement flooding.
Sump pump backup
This is likely the direction I need to go.
The buzzer solution would require a lot of work. This just costs a good deal up front but it saves on the mitigation maneuvering which is not fun.
Thanks for the link.