Basement Watchdog 30HDC140S Basement Watchdog Back-Up Sump Pump Battery

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Basement Watchdog 30HDC140S Basement Watchdog Back-Up Sump Pump Battery

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

There was damage visible at the terminal location on the carton the battery was originally packed in but there was no visible damage to the outer shipping carton. Check the acid level every 4 to 5 months and top off with distilled water.

It has an average life span, or mine did anyway. First bought the watchdog system days before a hurricane about 5 years ago. First one lasted 8 years, this battery is on year 9 and is still good.

Cons

The pouring thing is horrible and acid got everywhere. How a 18 month old battery that is inside a plastic cover in an inside location in which the temp varies from 65 to 75 degrees (year round) fails is beyond me.

While the pump works great, the backup battery is terrible. Extremely fickle in my experience. They do a very poor job of addressing this issue in their documentation.

Sleeping in your crawl space to monitor the water will be far more pleasant & efficient than using this product. This creates a possible situation where there is electricity but pump does not work bc your battery is malfunctioning or dead. Beeps a... Read More

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Highlights

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Quality

Quality product just keep an eye on it every so often especially during rainy weather spring or fall

They have a maintenancefree battery that works with the watchdog system

It also caused issues with the alarm going off

And dont fill each cell to the top all 6 cells must be filled evenly with the acid that you have

Price

That will cost you another 2025 or so

Shipping

As of this writing the battery costs about 3 less at home depot and you don’t have to risk damage shipping to your home

There was damage visible at the terminal location on the carton the battery was originally packed in but there was no visible d... Read More

Packaging/appearance

Mine was loose in the packaging and i nearly threw it away

A little more acid in the pack would be best

Competitiveness

It would have been much better a 3year warranty rather than one year maintenancefree no adding distilled water every few month... Read More

Overview

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Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 380 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 2 2023.