We live in Michigan (zone 5). Someone said to leave our pump in over the
winter so that the seals don't dry out. Is it okay to leave the pump in the
bottom of the pond (not running) for the winter, or shall we pull it and put in
dry storage? Thanks, Cathy

Cathy, just leave the pump in the bottom of your pond.
Not running of course.

Nedra
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"Szpond" wrote in message
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We live in Michigan (zone 5). Someone said to leave our pump in over the
winter so that the seals don't dry out. Is it okay to leave the pump in
the
bottom of the pond (not running) for the winter, or shall we pull it and
put in
dry storage? Thanks, Cathy

I leave my pump in the pond over winter -have for 10 yrs now - will be fine
as long as it is deep enough so as not to freeze - I am in SW Ont (zone 7 I
thought?) - 35 mi from Detroit
Gale :~)
"Szpond" wrote in message
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We live in Michigan (zone 5). Someone said to leave our pump in over the
winter so that the seals don't dry out. Is it okay to leave the pump in
the
bottom of the pond (not running) for the winter, or shall we pull it and
put in
dry storage? Thanks, Cathy

On 13 Nov 2003 00:48:00 GMT, (Szpond) wrote:

We live in Michigan (zone 5). Someone said to leave our pump in over the
winter so that the seals don't dry out. Is it okay to leave the pump in the
bottom of the pond (not running) for the winter, or shall we pull it and put in
dry storage? Thanks, Cathy

It might depend on the pump, but I've pulled my Beckett's every year, dry
store where the won't freeze without problems. The Ebara we use at the Demo
Pond needs a manual turn of it's impeller in the spring, but runs fine
there after. I use a Little Giant for water changes and pumping out my
filter, so it goes from wet/dry conditions constantly, still running fine
since 1995. ~ jan


See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Defrosted~
Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

It must not matter with the Becketts then, Jan. I leave all three
of mine in the pond. I've been doing this for several years &
all are running fine.
Only one is turned on right now... it's feeding the veggie filter.

Nedra

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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On 13 Nov 2003 00:48:00 GMT, (Szpond) wrote:

We live in Michigan (zone 5). Someone said to leave our pump in over the
winter so that the seals don't dry out. Is it okay to leave the pump in
the
bottom of the pond (not running) for the winter, or shall we pull it and
put in
dry storage? Thanks, Cathy

It might depend on the pump, but I've pulled my Beckett's every year, dry
store where the won't freeze without problems. The Ebara we use at the
Demo
Pond needs a manual turn of it's impeller in the spring, but runs fine
there after. I use a Little Giant for water changes and pumping out my
filter, so it goes from wet/dry conditions constantly, still running fine
since 1995. ~ jan


See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Defrosted~
Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

"Szpond" wrote in message
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We live in Michigan (zone 5). Someone said to leave our pump in over the
winter so that the seals don't dry out. Is it okay to leave the pump in
the
bottom of the pond (not running) for the winter, or shall we pull it and
put in
dry storage?

I take mine out, service and clean it, then store it in a 5 gallon bucket
full of water in the basement.
I replace it in the pond with a PondMaster pump of lower output, to keep a
small amount of water going through the VF,the streams and smaller settling
ponds, and keep an open area in the main pond in case of a freeze.
Bear