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It's rained so much that my cellar finally flooded, and shortly thereafter the sump pump burned out. So the water heater - which sits in a sort of pit where the old converted from coal to gas furnace used to be - is now drowned out. Yay. I have a submersible pump, but I am hesitant to use it under the present conditions - I'd be standing in water while hooking it up. Probably safe, but hell, who knows. Don't want to get electrocuted. There'd be no one to take care of the kitties.

So I guess I'll wait until it stops raining and the water around the pit in which the water heater is located drains away. Fortunately the furnace is safe as it's installed on the underside of the floor and the whole cellar would have to fill up before the water got to it, which I don't think could happen. But if it keeps on raining, who knows.

If it Keeps on Raining...

can you get to the brackers/fusess for the hot water heater without getting in the water ? if so pull them then go ahead.

The submersible pump cleared the water from the pit, only took a couple of hours.

I turned the sump pump back on and it started running, cleared the water from it's 'sub-pit', then clicked off, just like it's supposed to, so I'm thinking I got lucky and it didn't actually burn itself out - it was just inundated with more water than it could handle.

Now I just need to relight the water heater.

BUT - I say again, BUT - there's still water coming in, fortunately slowly enough that it's running right down to the drain and on out and isn't pouring over into the pit.

Where's this water coming from? Well. When I got up around 8 this morning I noticed water flowing from beneath the shed in the back yard, across the back patio, and into the side yard (from where some went on to the next yard and some went into my basement). An hour later it was still flowing steadily.

So I back tracked the flow. South side yard, shed, north side yard, north neighbor's yard, neighbor's neighbor's yard to the east, and beyond. Flowing like a stream, it was, and still is, although by now at a somewhat reduced rate, which is good.

I called the City to report a water leak. They asked if I had a leak. I said, no, not me - and I told them where it was coming from. Okay, they said, we'll send someone out... maybe tomorrow.

Yay.

Anyway, I just heard the sump pump come on, run for a few seconds, and then shut off - just like it's supposed to. So, whew.