Crashj - your solution is outstanding, if I wasn't pumping up to a sink in
the house. and I need the pump for the pond anyway - 4 inches of rain in
the last 4 days has made for an overfull pond. This is a self contained
unit (SofTub), with no accessible pvc to tee to - as that would have been an
even more outstanding solution.

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Claudia
Totus Tuus
"Crashj" wrote in message
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On or about Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:06:14 GMT, "Claudia"
was seen typing:
In a lack of forward thinking I have placed my hot tub behind the pond on
my
patio and therefore have no way to drain the hot tub

AND NO I am not going to deal with the hose siphon set
up - as I get older I have less patience for that set up. :-)

Crikeys, how often do you need to drain the tub, once a year, maybe?
I would do the same thing I did when I had to drain my pond:
Get a cheap drill operated pump. This handy gadget hooks to your
electric drill and pumps water out a garden hose connector. Once the
flow starts and the syphon is established you can disconnect the
litlle pump and let the rest just run out by syphon.
Another way would be to simply tee into a line of the tub circulation
system with a gate valve and use that pump to get the flow going out.
Shut off the pump once the draining starts.

Are you dumping the water into a place where it is environmentally
sound to do that?

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