Pond Pumps Vs Pool Pumps

Written by Danielle Dickinson


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Example 3:

An Aquashift 15000 Pump (210 watt)

210 (watt) x 8760 (hours per year) / 1000 x $0.1447 = $266.19 per year

Example 4:

A 0.75 HP Pool Pump (550 watt)

550 (watt) x 8760 (hours per year) / 1000 x $0.1447 = $697.16 per year

Total cost savings = $430.97 per year ($107.74 per quarter!)

Above we have only considered operational costs; however there are a number of other considerations when comparing a pond pump to a pool pump:

Guarantee/Warranty

All Pond Pumps supplied by Water Features Online are quality pumps and are backed up by Continuously Rated Guarantees of varying lengths (2-5 years). Continuously Rated means that repparttar pump is guaranteed to run 24 HOURS A DAY forrepparttar 147724 period ofrepparttar 147725 guarantee. Conversely, while Pool Pumps may be of good quality,repparttar 147726 guarantees are NOT continuously rated and they are usually guaranteed to run for approximately 6 hours a day (readrepparttar 147727 fine print!) forrepparttar 147728 period ofrepparttar 147729 guarantee. If a pool pump is run for 24 hours a day then this effectively reduces a 2 year guarantee to a 6 month guarantee.

Noise

This is a factor often overlooked. Pond Pumps are generally submersible and therefore silent. Pool Pumps are generally dry mounted somewhere nearrepparttar 147730 water feature and can be very noisy. This is counterproductive when introducingrepparttar 147731 sound of water into a garden.

Maintenance

Both Pool and Pond Pumps require some basic maintenance, they need to be kept clean and free of debris. However, Pond Pumps have fewer moving parts than Pool Pumps, thereforerepparttar 147732 likelihood of breakdowns are greater in a Pool Pump. Often repparttar 147733 seals on Pool Pumps degrade and need replacing regularly whereas a Pond Pump generally does not have a seal.



Danielle Dickinson is an avid water feature enthusiast. She is a regular contributor to Gardening Magazines. Visit her website http://www.waterfeaturesonline.com.au for more information on building and maintaining any type of Water Feature as well as a huge range of water gardening products.


How to Find a Pond Leak

Written by Danielle Dickinson


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(e)Check your creek / waterfall for a build-up of organic matter such as leaves, branches and twigs. Debris can cause dams thus raisingrepparttar water level causingrepparttar 147723 water to spill out.

(f)Check liner is still in its original position and has not dropped in height.

3.The leak is in your base pond.

(a)Watchrepparttar 147724 water level closely untilrepparttar 147725 water level is stable. Remove any fish and plants fromrepparttar 147726 pond and store temporarily in a container original pond water if water level drops dangerously low.

(b)Whenrepparttar 147727 water level is no longer dropping check very carefully aroundrepparttar 147728 water level. Some leaks will be obvious while others will be tiny little holes that may be difficult to see.

(c)If you have a larger leak, try putting some milk into repparttar 147729 water. The milk will cloudrepparttar 147730 water and move towardrepparttar 147731 direction ofrepparttar 147732 leak. This is not always successful but is worth trying.

4.Repairrepparttar 147733 leak.

(a)Once you have locatedrepparttar 147734 leak you need to repair it. Use either:

(i)Poly Pond Repair Kit or (ii)PVC Liner Repair Kit



Danielle Dickinson is an avid water feature enthusiast. She is a regular contributor to Gardening Magazines. Visit her website http://www.waterfeaturesonline.com.au for more information on building and maintaining any type of Water Feature as well as a huge range of water gardening products.


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