Lee, Thanks for the suggestion and how to use it! Never had
a clue how water timers actually work..... groan

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Lee Brouillet" wrote in message
...
Two suggestions: My kitchen timer has a cord on it (like shower soap!)
that
I slip around my neck any time I leave the pond during a refill.
Alternatively - and I have one! - you can go to HD to the same place they
sell the water hoses, etc. There is a water meter that you can buy for
about
$20 or so that fits on the end of your water hose, or between the hose and
the spigot. You dial in the amount of water you want to pump in, add your
de-chlor to the pond and walk away. The meter will shut the water down. It
can also be used in reverse for folks who walk away when they're pumping
out
for water changes, get distracted and come back to flopping fish in no
water. The meter is designed for landscaping needs, which is why it's
cheap.
If the mfg. found out people could use if for ponding, it would cost 4X as
much G!

Lee

"mad" wrote in message
...
i went out this morning to drink a cup of tea and watch the sun come up
over
the mountains and noticed that the water level was a bit low on my pond.
so
i turned on the water and was letting the pond fill slowly. i finished
my
tea and went in the house. i booted up the old computer and downloaded a
bunch of stuff. i decided to go back in the kitchen for another cup, and
happened to look out the back door. the pond was full. i tore open the
back
door and leaned down and turned off the water, which i had failed to do
10
minutes earlier and thought i had. i caught it just before it went over
the
edge. whew! my 7 goldfish were swimming in the area near the lowest
edge
where the water would have gone over.
this comes of having a vehicle that turns off the lights automatically
if
i
forget to do it manually. i now expect the waterhose to do that, too.
sheesh.
mad
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