Flood Prevention System

[Canadianeh]

What do you guys use to prevent flooding if your tank went wrong? Are there devices that shut down pump when and prevent water to drain back to the sump and essentially keep the water where they are?

 

[Josh]

following along for no apparent reason /S

Jokes aside my frag tank is getting a pan built under it. Ill take photos when im done but im going to use a condensate pump from a furnace. What will happen is any water that comes out of my tank and goes down my stand will land in this pan. Water will activate the float inside the pump and pump it to a sink like on your furnace. I will also have a water sensor from my apex to shut off pumps and send alarms. I dont really see how i can do any more to be honest but this is what i have come up with since i just flooded my basement and my very understanding fiance wants a foolproof system.

Pan will just be made of sheet metal. I work in HVAC and work with a sheet metal mechanic who is just going to make me a sealed pan with a 3/4 threaded fitting that i can pipe into the pump.

put an air break in your return line and you will be fine. it stops the reverse siphon

 

[Canadianeh]

Would love to see it

 

[TORX]

The main parts will include a controller. Many have a leak detection sensors and the ability to control pumps and more. They can be triggered via float sensors etc etc. Really the options are endless, so long as your bank account is.

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[wtac]

You can somewhat pan the interior of the RSR cabinet...would take some MacGuyvering.

First is sealing the interior seams with silicone. Depending on the gap of the sump to the end of the bottom shelf and door, silicone a 4-5mm piece of glass about 4" tall to the front to complete the "pan". Any water that leaks out from within, the cabinet will hold it up to a 4" or whatever height of glass you wish to use.

With a controller, ie APEX, all you need is a Break Out Box and 18 or 20-2 wire. Strip about 1/2" bare lead and secure it to the interior side of the pan so the leads are about 1/8" from the bottom. Next you can either drill out a hole for a 1/2"-3/4" bulkhead somewhere to drain either into a drain or plumbed to a transfer pump to that is plumbed to a drain. Another option is using or a high flow peristaltic pump (do drilling required) that will draw from the pan and pump into a drain.

If water leaks out and rises to the leads, it will create a closed state of that assigned switch and program to turn on the transfer/peristaltic pump (assigned plug on the EB8/32 and programmed), email alert, etc, etc, etc.

Also suggest an TPZ (Tilt-Pan-Zoom) IP camera (I prefer Foscam as of 2018) for that so when you do get that alert, you can see whats going on and direct help remotely/shut things off until you get home.

If you get a seam failure, no controller or panning can help you out unless its set in a room with a recessed floor that has been waterproofed