"Gale Pearce" wrote in message
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"Reel McKoi" wrote in message
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My 1200 gph pump is flipping the breaker. AAARRGGGHHHH! It's a
thermally
protected Beckett. How is water getting to the "juice?" I don't
suppose
they can be fixed - anyone?

Probably past a worn seal - how old is it?

# It's about 5 years old.

Do you dry store your pump for
the winter? -

# Yes. I bring them in, clean them and store them in the sunroom.

I always leave my pump in the pond over winter so the seals
don't dry out and pull it in the spring to clean it up for the summer when
I
start it. I also ruined my first pump in a year by using the cord to
"help"
get it out of the pond even though I was warned about not pulling on the
cord in any way -

# My husband thinks the seal is worn and that's how the water is meeting
the electricity. I haven't pulled on the cord to lift it. I lift it from
the pond by the outflow hose.

Beckett's are good pumps and no, I have never heard of
anyone fixing a pump with a problem like yours.

# That's what I figured. :*(

Maybe your GFIC breaker is
getting weak, but still good enough to power a smaller 500 gph pump?
Gale :~)

# All the other pumps (4 smaller ones) are running fine. I don't think it's
the breaker. Oh well, it's off to Home Depot tomorrow in hopes they still
carry them.
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McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
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