Customer Reviews

Little Giant VCMA-15ULS 554405 VCMA Series Automatic Condensate Removal Pump (115 volts), 1/50 horsepower

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I've been staying with some folks for a while and noticed that they manually emptied their dehumidfier daily. They've been doing it for 8 years!

I installed this pump in no time and they'll never have to empty it again!

This pump works great. Very basic, but it does the job nicely. It makes very little noise. Turns on / off smoothly and quietly. Pumps for a few seconds to clear out the basin and then goes back to rest until it fills again.

The pump does not come with either inbound or outbound tubing / hose, so you will need to buy them separately.

Also, I found the instructions a bit skimpy and less clear than they could have been. You just need to read it closely and do a bit of fiddling to get it to work properly.

As elsewhere mentioned in these reviews, a key thing is to ensure that the water / condensate source (i.e., the dehumidifier or AC unit) is higher than the Little Giant pump. This allows the water to flow easily 'downhill' into the Little Giant basin.

In my case, this required putting the dehumidifier about 8" up on a box, then fiddling with the hose to ensure it flowed cleaning downhill to the pump.

I have this pump handling my furnace and AC condensation. It's pumping straight up 6 1/2 feet and then propelling the water another 15 feet through flexible tubing in the ceiling before it begins a downward descent through pvc pipe. No problems. It comes on almost every five minutes when the AC is on. So far this pump has been perfectly reliable.

Excellent condensate removal pump for high-efficiency furnaces and other applications requiring constant water removal. This was bought as a replacement and performs better than the last pump. The company packaged this product with care and speed, and this arrived a day and a half after being ordered on Amazon with regular shipping. Brilliant all around!

Works great. Simple and does what it is supposed to...Pumps water from drainhose in the dehumidifier. I was looking for a dehumidifier with a pump, but heard some bad reviews on the pumps breaking before the dehumidifier did.

This solved the problem of emptying the bucket.

The pump was exactly as described and arrived very quickly. The price was excellent. I am using the pump to eliminate the need to periodically empty the condensate container from my basement dehumidifyer. When there is enough condensate in the pump holding tank, the pump automatically turns on and moves the condensate to a drain and then shuts off. The process is efficient, quiet and it is one less chore for me to deal with.

This was a replacement for an identical one installed with my new heat pump 4 years ago. From the get-go, the check valve on the original pump often leaked, allowing water to drain back into the reservoir and create short cycles.

The check valve on the replacement pump works very well and the barbed hose connector seems to work better than the old model. The barbed area has two plastic seams that can cause a poor seal when a vinyl hose is inserted over it. To make sure it doesn't leak, I slipped 3 small rubber washers over the outside of the hose where it connects to the pump to act as a hose clamp.

One thing that annoyed me is that the instructions contain nothing about how to clean the pump at the end of the A/C season (the inside tends to get all scuzzy, which can cause the check valve to fail). I called up the factory and they recommended running a strong vinegar solution through the pump to clean it. Seems to work reasonably well, as long as you pay attention to where all that vinegar is going after it's pumped outside...

My HVAC contractor installed Beckett condensate pumps with our two home furnaces. Over the course of three years, both broke. Typically, the circuit would get stuck on the operational position and the pump would run dry, then continue running until burning itself out. Luckily, the Beckett pumps were noisy enough that I often heard the continued running and could bang on it to stop it, then clean it so the problem might not recur for a few months. I finally got fed up and replaced one with this Little Giant unit. The first thing I noticed was that this pump runs quietly. In fact, after installing it, I filled the reservoir with water to test it and thought there must be something wrong with the power cord until I saw water going into the drain in the nearby utility room. The next thing I noticed was that the build quality of this mechanism seems to be superior to that of the Beckett. I'm hoping that translates as better long term reliability. After one full season, I've had no difficulties. Overall I'd give my vote to this unit if only for the quiet operation.

The Little Giant VCMA-15ULS pump is a fine product. I have had it about two weeks now and it was a breeze to setup. Instructions were clear and concise, and while there are plenty of ways to use the more advanced features of the pump, it is very easy to set it up as a basic condensate pump: set the unit slightly lower than the dehumidifier, run a standard garden hose leftover piece from the dehumidifier to one of the open holes on the pump, connect a 3/8 inch flexible PVC hose to the discharge outlet and run it to a drain, plug the pump in and that's it. No priming required.

One bit of advice: Don't order the 100 foot roll of tubing from amazon. I went to my local Lowes and bought the 10 feet I needed for $0.27 / foot.

This pump is replacement for pump somehow damaged during operation. Ease of installation and improved performance at an affordable price made this a winning purchase from Amazon.com, in partnership with Ace Harware.

Brian

Little Giant Condensate Removal Pump with Saftey Switch - 70 GPH, 1/60 HP, 3/8in., Model# 554405

This pump is very well constructed and easy to install. The instructions for installation and operation are very clear. I've always had good fortune using this brand of pump.