Sump Boss
Metropolitan Industries, Inc.
www.metropolitanind.com
OPERATION MANUAL
Dated: 9/17/09
Supersedes: None
Document No.: SBossO&M
Page 8 of 19
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ADJUSTING FLOAT LEVELS: EXAMPLE
FIGURE D
Batteries & Carbon Monoxide
(CO) Detectors
All lead-acid batteries used by any back
up pump system regardless of brand emit
gases when charging. The emission of
these gases can possibly produce an odd
sulphur-like smell or sometimes will cause
a nearby CO detector to needlessly sound
an alarm. To prevent activation of CO
detectors, move the battery as far from the
detector as possible or provide a means
for the gases to escape outdoors.
Read the instructions that came with your
detector. This situation may be covered in
the literature. Always follow the advice of
the detector instructions first.
If the CO detector alarm sounds, do not
assume that it is caused by the back-
up pump’s battery! You may have a
real presence of CO! Take all steps
necessary to insure personal safety.
After you are certain there is no CO present,
(CO can be produced by a furnace, water
heater or similar devices that use natural
gas and/or produce combustion) then
probably a battery being charged has
produced the gases responsible. The
manufacturer of the detector may be able
to supply instructions to solve this problem.
