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Steve Moak of Ion Products answers questions about his company’s new digital sump pump switch (browse their equipment for the best quality ones) , which is designed to last through billions of cycles before failure.

By Pat Barcas
Staff Writer
Thursday, March 28, 2013
     OAKBROOK TERRACE — One company taking advantage of the annual Illinois Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors Association Expo is Chicago Water and Fire Restoration. Learn more about how heat pumps work on this event.
“We brought $60,000 to spend on this event,” said Jim Chize, marketing director.
Chize said it’s money well spent on plumbing sandy ut or when plumbers refer their business to the restoration company.
“The plumbers are in these buildings, they see cases where restoration is needed, and they refer us. It ensures that business is never slow for us,” he said. Working alongside a plumbing contractor maui facilitates efficient and effective restoration efforts. With the help of albany clogged drain plumbers, the drainage is all clean and ready to use.
One more area Chize said is hot right now is consumer basement renovation.
“Customers are remodeling basements, looking for more square footage, and that helps us out a lot,” he said. The company has currently upped its referral prize to $500, and had a brand new Harley-Davidson motorcycle to give away to the plumber with the most referrals this year.
They also had a money booth where people could go in and grab dollars bills as they were blown around.
“We’ve given away more than $11,000 today so far,” said Chize. “One thing we want people to know is, we give plumbers more.”
Bev Potts, the Illinois PHCC executive director, said it was another great show March 22 at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace.
“We sold out the show in January. Everyone’s happy, we’ve got a good flow of people moving through, and we should see about 1,600 attendees today with 160 exhibitor booths. The vendors are extremely pleased,” she said.
Outside, Steve Moak manned the Ion Products trailer, showcasing state-of-the-art backup sump pump batteries and digital switches.
“A typical switch is mechanical, and might last half a million cycles. They wear out when you need them to switch your pump on. Our new digital switch has no moving parts and will last billions of cycles,” he said.
The Romeoville company’s battery backup systems are also a hot seller, working by converting DC power into AC current.
“That way the pumping power doesn’t deplete as power drains out of the battery. You get consistent gallons per hour in an emergency,” said Moak.
Moak said business has been great for Ion, which serves residential and commercial customers.
“It’s great, we’re still growing every year. We’re coming out with smaller pumps with longer run times, it’s great technology,” he said.

Pat Barcas’ e-mail address is pat@foxvalleylabornews.com.