The pool pump is broken at the moment, can I substitute that with a sump pump?
WOW I am impressed by the ingenuity McGuyver but I am not going to guess, If you try it post back and let me know how it worked out the new pool pump was a wise choice
If the cord you're relating to is the vigour wire, it's not intended as a control device, and should now not have performed this. If anything, doing this may have triggered the pump to activate, if the cord used to be unintentionally lifting a waft-switch. Long-shot that you caused a erroneous cord/plug to vigor the unit up, however i'd be extra inclined to switch the pump swap. I've visible installations the place the wire kinda came out of the sump good, placing in mid-air, and put enough stress on the connection between the plug and receptacle/wall socket that that connection began to fail, so take a moment to investigate that out too, in particular if the receptacle is possibly getting a little ancient. My spouse would insist on just getting a entire new sump pump, not entirely a nasty inspiration, honestly.
If you want a pool vacuum. Big time! Buy a 5 horse gas rotary pump. Size intake down to pool hose size and hose clamp in place. Next buy some fertilizer hose for the return hose. And fittings for that. All plastic fittings. next 6inch PVC pipe the heavy pipe 1 foot or a little less. 2 cap ends with tread. and some sheet Metal screws. And cap heads threaded. Drill hole in 1 cap end with hole saw. Take 1, 3 inch threaded pipe. Heat on stove. Grasp with heavy touwls and rush to garage. Use hot pipe as a tap to melt into plastic pipe. Were you drilled the hole in the square center. So hole needs be slightly smaller than pipe. Use Metal screws to fix pipe ends to PVC pipe. Drill 3/4 to 1 inch holes in PVC pipe. You now have your filter housing. Next buy green furnace filter pad. Just like dish scrub pad. Cut to size, roll about 3 rolls, Leave hole in center, Put in filter casing. Attach to pump return. Hook up vacuum hose and vacuum. Put filter in pool. Prime pump, put vacuum in pool, Start motor. You now have a pool vacuum cleaner of vacuum cleaners. This will almost suck the bottom of the pool up. Return filtered water to pool. Mount in a wheelbarrow for ease of movement. Remove cap and wash filter if it starts getting clogged. Remember a some what dirty filter filters better. About $450 to $500 to build yourself. But what a pool vacuum it is! But yes a sump pump can be used. Use a submersible one. And be sure to set it on a pad. As the legs will wear a hole in the pool liner quick! And you are looking at half the cost of a gas powered one to build. And risking shock in water. So I advise against that. And 5 horse is much more than 1/2 or 3/4 horse for the buy. Or go radical. Build a 10 horse vacuum. For a little more. Filter pad should be cut about 1/4 inch longer than housing. This is what I use for my pool vacuum. Best your money can build here.
