Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: songbird Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Corned Beef Brisket (and a mild rant) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:42:07 -0400 Organization: the little wild kingdom Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <521fal-ha01.ln1@anthive.com> <8p9jal-fsa.ln1@anthive.com> <8v1kal-rjv.ln1@anthive.com> Reply-To: songbird Injection-Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 03:18:43 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1f8157d0ea93e800f511d358ee75d285"; logging-data="3998399"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+cm9uRGsJI/QEUn1QwvX1SeafCpzx/95o=" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:qFuTHsMburhRmsu8Z9zIIJ2fUtU= Bytes: 1926 Dave Smith wrote: > On 2025-03-16 7:03 p.m., songbird wrote: >> Cindy Hamilton wrote: >> >> our current elevation is at grade or slightly below >> so that when it rains enough the sump pump will run for >> a while but when the rains stop eventually so will the >> sump pump. > > Wait a sec.... how long is your sump pump running? If you have a decent > sized pump it should only run about 30 seconds or so and then stop. If > it is running for extended periods you have way too much water to > remove. That pump is likely to die and you are going to have flooding. it's not dead after nearly 30 years... songbird