can you recommend me a float switch?

[fungia]

last night my overflow got clogged so the top of my tank overflowed a few gallons. i want to put a float switch up there to shut the pump off when the water level is too high. what is a good float switch for this or do you think there is another way to prevent this from happening again?

 

[Unarce]

Man, that's scary. If you don't mind my asking, what clogged your overflow?

 

[Anonymous]

I like the products from http://autotopoff.com/

 

[Rob Top]

Righty is right.
Good product and price

 

[jay24k]

Either go with that or make your own. Pretty easy to do but for the price, I'd just but one. You have to remember though that a snail can get one of those stuck very easily. I wouldn't rely on that and either make your water return chamber smaller or lower the overflow in your tank so it can't overflow.

 

[fungia]

kratos, it was a buildup on my overflow strainer, i forgot to clean it the last year. it finally got too clogged. make sure to clean your strainers!

thanks guys.

 

[Pennywise]

I second the autotopoff.com recommendation. For added fault tolerance, order two float switches and wire them in series. If one fail, the second will cut power to your pump!

 

[Anonymous]

http://www.floatswitches.net/ has some cheapies if you dont want to spend $40 a switch