There are two problems with the most commonly available Little Giant pumps.
One is their electricity consumption. Depending on the size they use 5 or 6
times the electricity of a mag drive pump (Supreme brand name). The other
is that they usually use a sealed reservoir of oil to cool the motor.. This
works fine until the seal fails. Then the pump is worthless and there is oil
in your pond. The reason they are so easy to exchange is that they had so
many fail they couldn't keep up with the paperwork.

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I posted this on the garden.pond.chat earlier...


Hi All, We have added another larger pond to our already existing one
(6x7..about 25 inches deep) The new one is 8x8 and about 36 inches deep at
the deepest point. Our goal is to have the larger "upper" pond flow into
the
"lower" smaller pond thru a spillway. We would like to have the pump in
the
smaller pond drawing the water to a biofilter that empties into the larger
pond thus overflowing into the smaller one. I have figured that together
the
ponds are a little over 2000 gal. I have looked around my small town and
it
seems that the home improvement stores are about the only option for pumps
and filters. My question is does anyone have the "Little Giant" brand
products and have they worked well for you??? Also for my setup the cost
will be about $450.00. Should I go online and perhaps get a different
brand.
Does this seem like a good price for the product quality??
Thanks for any info you can provide.
By the way I live in NW TN near the KY border

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