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Another Beckett bites the dust.
"Reel McKoi" wrote in message ... "~ jan" wrote in message ... On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 14:44:52 CST, "Reel McKoi" wrote: Our new Beckett ($197.00) just quit! This is the last Beckett we'll ever buy. We returned it to Home Depot for a refund. What pumps have you found to be the least problematic? This is for a 2000g pond with about 10 medium size koi. My Becketts have always perform well (7-8 years), but than I don't have them in the pond, they're at the tail end of the filter system so pumping clear water. I have a small Beckett in a box filter in the QT that is over 12 years old. Only clean it once/year. Are you using them externally - outside the pond? Mine are all used in the pond, inside 2 plant baskets clam-shelled together. My first Beckett lasted since 1996. It just died for good this summer. My first Becketts would last for 5 and 6 years. These newer ones, suddenly, just seem to seaze up. The impellers wont turn, even by hand... as thought water corroded them in some way. But they don't pop the UPS, they just die. The other one that quit about 2 weeks ago decided to run again when I checked it earlier this evening. Go figure. ?!?!?!? That one is barely 4 months old. I think I'll switch to Danners/Pondmasters as someone suggested. Most everyone swears by Mag Drives.... I know I had one encased in a mesh basket for quite some time (2-3 years) and it was fine in the pond. Only removed as barrel filter was installed. As far as size, one needs to know pipe size, length and head/height for recommendations. ~ jan I just went ahead and ordered the Pondmaster 3200 XP Hy-Drive, something new the website said. Maybe I'll have better luck with this one. :-) -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö That should be a good pump for you. Let us know if this is the case. George |
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