Is this an effluent pump?

  1. Some NYC plumbers, in my experience, like to look for installing value-added grinder toilets in sub-basements (often illegal due to occupancy codes) that sit below sewer lines. “You need one of these!”

  2. At one point local NYC code prohibited sink garbage disposal (grinders) but has since revoked that ban because, apparently, the effluent processing now benefits from the biogas extraction (free energy!)

  3. Toilets get fancier, you need to plug them in for reasons other than grinders.

  4. Combining #1-3 above it seems possible that (at least) Urban toilets may all get grinders one day. Leading to the question: “Do you have a power outlet near your toilet?” and …

  5. Community Question: Does anybody have a TOTO or similar toilet that Sense has detected? Leading to a Sense (@RyanAtSense) question: Will this be a “Major Device” or “Electronics”?

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