Sump refilling with water after running

[jtmoney528]

I got a new sump pump and I'm guessing this is why they told me it runs on a schedule. The pump runs then at the same time water refills the sump. I took a video and attached it.

 

[jtmoney528]

I got a new sump pump and I'm guessing this is why they told me it runs on a schedule. The pump runs then at the same time water refills the sump. I took a video and attached it.

It takes about 45 minutes then runs again

 

[frontporch]

I think in another post you mentioned a timer. Cycle is more accurate where the pumping is faster than the water entering the basement and the pump shuts off and later resumes

The French drains bring water into the pit and it gets pumped away. When the pit empties water in the French drains continues to empty into the pit. Might also be water in rock under your slab. When the level drops the pump will cycle off and the pit should fill to the point a little lower then where it first kicked on. That’s how mine works

 

[MicEd69]

The pump operates on the level in the sump. It may "cycle" on and off, but that is not because it is on a timer, it is because the water level in the sump rises turning on the pump and then shuts off when a low level is reached.

Do you know where the pump discharge goes? If needs to be pumped away from the foundation a goodly distance. I've seen systems where a homeowner just pumps the water outside the foundation wall, it then soaks down to the rock under the foundation back into the dewatering piping and flows back to the sump to be pumped out again.

If the discharge is a goodly distance away, then the sump and pump are working correctly. I'm assuming this pump doesn't cycle of every 45 minutes or so 24-7 and all year long. If it does, you must have a spring under your foundation.

 

[dmmsr]

You may have a high water table and need to invest in a high water alarm. Also a back up pump will be a good investment.

 

[MicEd69]

In your earlier post your old pump system, you had a battery backup pump. Are you planning to reinstall that or get a new battery pump? With that amount of water coming in, dmmsr is absolutely right, that is a requirement for your situation. And check your insurance to see if a flood of your basement due to a sump pump failure is covered.