How did you get power for your water pumps??
The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my
yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
I trenched power to a post type outlet when I first started ponding. After
I built my third pond, I continued the power to my shed, which is where my filter systems are now. I did not want to have to dig to the 18 or 24 inch depth that the code requires for direct burial, so I encased my wires in pvc conduit to make it much harder to damage with a shovel. Some on here have run permanent extension cords around the property on the fence. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "cowboy" wrote in message om... The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
"cowboy" wrote in message om... The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! The only truely safe solution is a circuit installed to local codes, IE buried in conduit, with a ground fault interupter installed. Water and 'lectricity don't mix very well. Now, I'll step down off my soap box and admit, that my pond is powered by a bright orange extension code that sits in the mulch along the fence, as I have been much to lazy to do it properly. BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
"cowboy" wrote in message om... The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! The only truely safe solution is a circuit installed to local codes, IE buried in conduit, with a ground fault interupter installed. Water and 'lectricity don't mix very well. Now, I'll step down off my soap box and admit, that my pond is powered by a bright orange extension code that sits in the mulch along the fence, as I have been much to lazy to do it properly. BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
Had a extension cord, then one weekend I was feeling like I had NOTHING
better to do and started digging, code here requires 18" deep with a gfci, I met code, got everything signed off and I must say I am glad to rid myself of the tangle of wires in the yard....I must mention, my soil IS ROCCCCCKY It took me the better part of the weekend to dig the trench.....felt like I was digging to china you will be amazed on how deep 20" is when you are digging a narrow little trench through really, really rocky soil. "cowboy" wrote in message om... The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
Had a extension cord, then one weekend I was feeling like I had NOTHING
better to do and started digging, code here requires 18" deep with a gfci, I met code, got everything signed off and I must say I am glad to rid myself of the tangle of wires in the yard....I must mention, my soil IS ROCCCCCKY It took me the better part of the weekend to dig the trench.....felt like I was digging to china you will be amazed on how deep 20" is when you are digging a narrow little trench through really, really rocky soil. "cowboy" wrote in message om... The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
"cowboy" wrote in message om... The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! The only truely safe solution is a circuit installed to local codes, IE buried in conduit, with a ground fault interupter installed. Water and 'lectricity don't mix very well. Now, I'll step down off my soap box and admit, that my pond is powered by a bright orange extension code that sits in the mulch along the fence, as I have been much to lazy to do it properly. BV. www.iheartmypond.com |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
Had a extension cord, then one weekend I was feeling like I had NOTHING
better to do and started digging, code here requires 18" deep with a gfci, I met code, got everything signed off and I must say I am glad to rid myself of the tangle of wires in the yard....I must mention, my soil IS ROCCCCCKY It took me the better part of the weekend to dig the trench.....felt like I was digging to china you will be amazed on how deep 20" is when you are digging a narrow little trench through really, really rocky soil. "cowboy" wrote in message om... The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
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How did you get power for your water pumps??
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How did you get power for your water pumps??
The only truely safe solution is a circuit installed to local codes, IE
buried in conduit, with a ground fault interupter installed. Water and 'lectricity don't mix very well. Yup, did this after 7 years. Now, I'll step down off my soap box and admit, that my pond is powered by a bright orange extension code that sits in the mulch along the fence, as I have been much to lazy to do it properly. BV. And did the above prior to the permanent install. I had to run 150' of extension cord, luckily 100' was next to the house on mulch or steppings stones and the next 50' down the fence line on mulch. No place where it could be mowed, tripped over, or cut through. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
A nice meal and a bl
never mind (just kidding, i still dont have electricity out there either) |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
Came out of the back of an interior outlet in an outside wall
using a weatherproof Bell box. Put a GFI outlet there and then continued on in rigid galvanized steel electrical conduit in a fairly shallow trench to the pond. (Even more rugged than PVC.) Put two GFI outlets in the pond equipment pit - one for the lights, one for the pump and UV. Should have put in a third so the pump & UV each had their own. Got a permit first. On 22 Feb 2004 16:31:47 -0800, (cowboy) wrote: The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! Steve J. Noll | Ventura California | Glass Block Pond http://www.kissingfrogs.tv |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
in our area of wisconsin I can attach pvc pipe to the fence and run the wire thru
that. it is "code". Ingrid John Hines wrote: (cowboy) wrote: The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? Extension cord, they come in long outdoor versions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
We hired an electrician to do it. We dug the trench for him, with the help of large football playing neighbor teenager for the rocks from heck, to the specifications the electrician gave us. Had the city inspect it. Since I was doing before and after school care and always had tons of kids in the backyard anyway it was a wise choice for us. kathy :-) A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
I ran ext cord last year, never had a good oppurnity to trench. Hopefully
there will be a nice day this spring, that I'm off work I can go to Home Depot and rent a trencher ($20-$40/24hrs) well worth it for me. Being in OKC you shouldn't have rocky soil, at least I have ony found 1 "rock" so far in my diging of my pond, and it's a white gravel type rock from a driveway/landscape stone, so not a natural rock for OK :-) Bryan http://www.safetybaby.com/yard/yard.htm "cowboy" wrote in message om... The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
I ran ext cord last year, never had a good oppurnity to trench. Hopefully
there will be a nice day this spring, that I'm off work I can go to Home Depot and rent a trencher ($20-$40/24hrs) well worth it for me. Being in OKC you shouldn't have rocky soil, at least I have ony found 1 "rock" so far in my diging of my pond, and it's a white gravel type rock from a driveway/landscape stone, so not a natural rock for OK :-) Bryan http://www.safetybaby.com/yard/yard.htm "cowboy" wrote in message om... The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
You need to run a GFI outlet from your house to the pond. I ran my line
thur pvc pipe out to a post. On my site I think theres a pic of it somewhere. Make sure you use a gfi it might save your life some day. http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
You need to run a GFI outlet from your house to the pond. I ran my line
thur pvc pipe out to a post. On my site I think theres a pic of it somewhere. Make sure you use a gfi it might save your life some day. http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
That's what I did in San Diego too. The only thing about the conduit that is
important is that you must run individual wires, not cable because it will overheat in the conduit. Joe On 2/23/04 7:03 AM, " wrote: in our area of wisconsin I can attach pvc pipe to the fence and run the wire thru that. it is "code". Ingrid -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
That's what I did in San Diego too. The only thing about the conduit that is
important is that you must run individual wires, not cable because it will overheat in the conduit. Joe On 2/23/04 7:03 AM, " wrote: in our area of wisconsin I can attach pvc pipe to the fence and run the wire thru that. it is "code". Ingrid -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
I ran ext cord last year, never had a good oppurnity to trench. Hopefully
there will be a nice day this spring, that I'm off work I can go to Home Depot and rent a trencher ($20-$40/24hrs) well worth it for me. Being in OKC you shouldn't have rocky soil, at least I have ony found 1 "rock" so far in my diging of my pond, and it's a white gravel type rock from a driveway/landscape stone, so not a natural rock for OK :-) Bryan http://www.safetybaby.com/yard/yard.htm "cowboy" wrote in message om... The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
You need to run a GFI outlet from your house to the pond. I ran my line
thur pvc pipe out to a post. On my site I think theres a pic of it somewhere. Make sure you use a gfi it might save your life some day. http://community.webtv.net/rebeljoe/POND |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
That's what I did in San Diego too. The only thing about the conduit that is
important is that you must run individual wires, not cable because it will overheat in the conduit. Joe On 2/23/04 7:03 AM, " wrote: in our area of wisconsin I can attach pvc pipe to the fence and run the wire thru that. it is "code". Ingrid -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 22:30:45 -0500, Mike Patterson
wrote: On 22 Feb 2004 16:31:47 -0800, (cowboy) wrote: The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! I ran the power through plastic conduit buried 20 inches down. Tip: Run extra wires, and run it in oversized conduit so you can run other stuff through it later if you want. I ran 1/2 inch conduit, then realized I wanted more wire runs and would like to also run a flexible water line, so added a 1.5 inch flexible plastic pipe to the trench. Plenty of space to run more wiring and a water tube as well. Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. Not to mention a gas line for the flame G. PlainBill |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
The ponds are at the edge of our patio, and about 20' from the breaker
box. Conduit runs along a patio beam to a series of outlets with individual GFCI protection (so when one pump went bad, the other kept running). It was installed by the previous owner, but I still feel smug I didn't have to dig a 200' trench like some of you guys. G PlainBill On 22 Feb 2004 16:31:47 -0800, (cowboy) wrote: The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 22:30:45 -0500, Mike Patterson
wrote: On 22 Feb 2004 16:31:47 -0800, (cowboy) wrote: The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! I ran the power through plastic conduit buried 20 inches down. Tip: Run extra wires, and run it in oversized conduit so you can run other stuff through it later if you want. I ran 1/2 inch conduit, then realized I wanted more wire runs and would like to also run a flexible water line, so added a 1.5 inch flexible plastic pipe to the trench. Plenty of space to run more wiring and a water tube as well. Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. Not to mention a gas line for the flame G. PlainBill |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
The ponds are at the edge of our patio, and about 20' from the breaker
box. Conduit runs along a patio beam to a series of outlets with individual GFCI protection (so when one pump went bad, the other kept running). It was installed by the previous owner, but I still feel smug I didn't have to dig a 200' trench like some of you guys. G PlainBill On 22 Feb 2004 16:31:47 -0800, (cowboy) wrote: The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
The ponds are at the edge of our patio, and about 20' from the breaker
box. Conduit runs along a patio beam to a series of outlets with individual GFCI protection (so when one pump went bad, the other kept running). It was installed by the previous owner, but I still feel smug I didn't have to dig a 200' trench like some of you guys. G PlainBill On 22 Feb 2004 16:31:47 -0800, (cowboy) wrote: The location that I want to put my koi pond is at the other end of my yard, away from any power outlets from my house. How did you guys/gals get power to your pumps? I am also in Oklahoma City, so if anyone here has any good ideas such as plant life that grows good here it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!! |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
"Bryan" wrote in message ... I ran ext cord last year, never had a good oppurnity to trench. Hopefully there will be a nice day this spring, that I'm off work I can go to Home Depot and rent a trencher ($20-$40/24hrs) well worth it for me. Being in OKC you shouldn't have rocky soil, at least I have ony found 1 "rock" so far in my diging of my pond, and it's a white gravel type rock from a driveway/landscape stone, so not a natural rock for OK :-) Bryan http://www.safetybaby.com/yard/yard.htm One rock? I hate you. I have one rock that is the entire size of my pond - 18'x30', about 20" below ground level, plus thousands of 'smaller' rocks - 10 to 400 lbs. |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
"Bryan" wrote in message ... I ran ext cord last year, never had a good oppurnity to trench. Hopefully there will be a nice day this spring, that I'm off work I can go to Home Depot and rent a trencher ($20-$40/24hrs) well worth it for me. Being in OKC you shouldn't have rocky soil, at least I have ony found 1 "rock" so far in my diging of my pond, and it's a white gravel type rock from a driveway/landscape stone, so not a natural rock for OK :-) Bryan http://www.safetybaby.com/yard/yard.htm One rock? I hate you. I have one rock that is the entire size of my pond - 18'x30', about 20" below ground level, plus thousands of 'smaller' rocks - 10 to 400 lbs. |
How did you get power for your water pumps??
"grubber" wrote in message ... "Bryan" wrote in message ... I ran ext cord last year, never had a good oppurnity to trench. Hopefully there will be a nice day this spring, that I'm off work I can go to Home Depot and rent a trencher ($20-$40/24hrs) well worth it for me. Being in OKC you shouldn't have rocky soil, at least I have ony found 1 "rock" so far in my diging of my pond, and it's a white gravel type rock from a driveway/landscape stone, so not a natural rock for OK :-) Bryan http://www.safetybaby.com/yard/yard.htm One rock? I hate you. I have one rock that is the entire size of my pond - 18'x30', about 20" below ground level, plus thousands of 'smaller' rocks - 10 to 400 lbs. |
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