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people with expirence in electicity ?.Can u cut the wires off a sump pump put alligator clips on each wire and clamp on a 12volt battery?
Look at the nameplate on the pump's motor. It will tell you what voltage the motor runs off of.
If it's AC, you can't use a battery. If it's DC, and it's 12 volts, then you can run off a battery for a short time. Then your battery will run down. If you hook up the wires backwards, your pump will run backwards and the water will pump in the wrong direction! It will also wreck your pump.
Also, I'm not sure how your pump is controlled. If you cut wires, you might ruin the switch.
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That depends.
First of all, I wouldn't do that. Why? You're dealing with electricity and water. Water being a conductor you can get killed if the plug on the wall with bear wires is in water and you're standing in it.
Now, as far as the battery is concerned, you have to know whether the pump runs on 12V. Is the AC being converted to DC 12V at the power supply circuit? If not, it wouldn't work and as a matter of fact might even damage the circuit if the AC-DC voltage is lower than 12V.
Why would you want to run the sump-pump on battery? Sump pumps by law probably have to be shielded properly so the user don't get electrified since the sump by its use has some parts in the water and has live electricity to run the pumps so it's wise not to do what you're trying to do. Are you doing this because there's no electricity in the house?
Well, that's my 0.02$ which is cheaper than the electrician.
Hope that helps.
-Rob.
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Look at the nameplate on the pump's motor. It will tell you what voltage the motor runs off of.
If it's AC, you can't use a battery. If it's DC, and it's 12 volts, then you can run off a battery for a short time. Then your battery will run down. If you hook up the wires backwards, your pump will run backwards and the water will pump in the wrong direction! It will also wreck your pump.
Also, I'm not sure how your pump is controlled. If you cut wires, you might ruin the switch.
References :