Extension Cords

[herzausstahl]

small tiller and if you have lighter soil it will work .You can rent a trencher also .I know here the rent for 35 dollars a day.My niece and nephew (twins ) were born July 13 and my other niece was born July 9th and they live in Flatrock and she is due in July also and my son was july 28th .Hope it's a boy

Sissy,
don't let its size fool you, that sucker is tough, the teeth will actually dig into the clay, the trick is you have to rock it back and forth and side to side to keep tearing up the clay and digging, but it works great. have used it to till my moms raised beds for her when they have overgrown with weeds and it just chews through everything. i was thinking about looking for a trencher and seeing how much it was, there is a place that rents equipment at a fair price around here. well my daughter is basically a boy already so I'll be fine as long as it's healthy, but I really will be happy either way.

lol herz, we ran the pipes for the wires before we even dug out the pond. He just never "got around to it". So extension cords it was

yeah, i was thinking to save time for the electrician, just running the pipes and covering the ends, might even fish the wire too, but will probably wait for him for that also, of course i still have a couple months before I can realistically do anything anyway

My garage is right next to my pond. So all the power cords goes through the garage window and plug into my surge protector inside the garage. My air pump is in the garage too and the hoses go out to the pond through the window.

my first pond is 20' from the garage, so I dug the trench by hand there, this one will be 40' from the house or so, so I will be looking for a machine to do the work for me.

 

[mrsclem]

While you are digging for electrical you might want to consider water supply as well. We had our electrical done years ago but last year decided that the garden hose across the lawn was a big hassle as well so buried garden hose and put a faucet at pond side.

 

[addy1]

We ran pipes for water, electric and three extras. Water to the pond and water to the top of the stream. One of the two extras is now the wire for the camera
So to fill the pond, if we don't get some good rain, I just need to turn on the faucet down by the pond. Also great for washing the leaf baskets etc. I hate hoses being run everywhere, like we did during the build and trying to get keep the newly planted plants alive during our darn dry hot summer. We had 6 100 foot hoses stretched everywhere, now none...........love it. Everything established enough I don't worry about extra water.

 

[herzausstahl]

While you are digging for electrical you might want to consider water supply as well. We had our electrical done years ago but last year decided that the garden hose across the lawn was a big hassle as well so buried garden hose and put a faucet at pond side.

Only problem is the hose would freeze and crack after a couple winters I would think even if I buried it. I would have to run a sprinkler system pipe, but I have a 125' hose on the back of the house there that I unroll all the time to water the trees over there so it isn't that big of a deal for me, although I might look into it since I will already have the trench dug when I add an outlet, but I still have to convince my wife to let me do this, but I chose the easy way, I asked my daughter if I should build a pond for the frogs and she said yes. so help is on the way, has anyone ever tried putting crayfish in a wildlife pond? I would transport them from my parents land so I wouldn't have to poach them from anywhere and I wouldn't put them anywhere around goldfish who would probably try to eat them.

 

[Shdwdrgn]

I ran with an extension cord for four years, got tired of it hanging on the fence. When I built the new pond last year, underground wiring was an essential part of the dig. Although I didn't consider the draw for running two heaters, so during our coldest weeks this year I used an extension cord to run a second heater. If I get real ambitious, maybe I'll try to fish a second wire through the pipe some Summer. (Too tired for grammar-check... I know it sucks)

 

[Waterbug]

I buried a garden hose once, under constant pressure. Burst after about a year. Pretty big mess.

 

[koiguy1969]

I've had a garden hose from the spicket on the wall of the house ran under the deck to a second spicket i mounted on the deck frame. its not even buried. i just diconnect the hose from the wall spicket and open the second for the winter months, so any water in the hose can expand when it freezes. its been there for years without a problem or leaking a drop. i installed this set up so we wouldnt be walking thru the landscape to access the water hose, its on the patio now.

 

[addy1]

To water all of my potted plants on our decks, I am running irrigation piping with drip lines. They will go to a electric timer, that is next to the walkout basement door. The irrigation pipe ill be attached under the deck with just the drip line coming up. Winter time it will drain empty and just sit there waiting for spring.

 

[msgsfc1006]

We are using outdoor extension cords to the waterfall and biological filter. Have been for two years now. We plan on having electric ran to the pond later this Summer.

 

[herzausstahl]

I've had a garden hose from the spicket on the wall of the house ran under the deck to a second spicket i mounted on the deck frame. its not even buried. i just diconnect the hose from the wall spicket and open the second for the winter months, so any water in the hose can expand when it freezes. its been there for years without a problem or leaking a drop. i installed this set up so we wouldnt be walking thru the landscape to access the water hose, its on the patio now.

see a set up like that I would trust with a hose, running it underground, I would think the freeze thaw cycle would mess it up too much somehow, of course if I am running the electric down there anyway, getting a 75' hose and running it with it to experiment wouldn't be a huge deal. If it stopped working, just cut the ends at ground level and leave it buried. be even better if I would have gotten one on clearance, actually on second thought, i have a spare I don't use. might try it for convenience sake.

 

[mrsclem]

Our yard is sloped so the hose drains out after use. Just wish the facet to turn it on was closer but it leaks so hike up and down the hill to the valve. The hose survived the winter but winter wasn't much so will see what happens over time. I did invest in a good quality commercial hose so that should help.

 

[addy1]

Our yard is sloped so the hose drains out after use. Just wish the facet to turn it on was closer but it leaks so hike up and down the hill to the valve. The hose survived the winter but winter wasn't much so will see what happens over time. I did invest in a good quality commercial hose so that should help.

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Replace the faucet! lol I have a hill hike if I don't leave the hose on, all my hill piping drains beautifully due to our slope.

 

[herzausstahl]

Our yard is sloped so the hose drains out after use. Just wish the facet to turn it on was closer but it leaks so hike up and down the hill to the valve. The hose survived the winter but winter wasn't much so will see what happens over time. I did invest in a good quality commercial hose so that should help.

yeah unfortunately mine it almost dips in the middle of the run and the hose would go back up above ground at both ends so I would be trying to blead it dry with a nozel when finished and then trying to blow it out. I forgot about that, I wouldn't be able to completely drain the hose, so I will avoid doing it, plus its only 40' of level ground to carry a hose across anyway

 

[koiguy1969]

see a set up like that I would trust with a hose, running it underground, I would think the freeze thaw cycle would mess it up too much somehow, of course if I am running the electric down there anyway, getting a 75' hose and running it with it to experiment wouldn't be a huge deal. If it stopped working, just cut the ends at ground level and leave it buried. be even better if I would have gotten one on clearance, actually on second thought, i have a spare I don't use. might try it for convenience sake.

if youve got an air compressor you can blow out the line (hose) just like you would a sprinkler system....easy!!

 

[taherrmann4]

Here is a thought, try to follow. If you are already running electric so you are digging a ditch, run a pvc pipe in the ditch, where ever the low spot is put one of these automatic drain valves http://www.sprinkler...ainage-s/20.htm in it. Now for the end that is close to the faucet. It will come out
of the ditch and just put a MPT coupling (pic below). So now all you have to do it take a small piece of hose and screw it onto the end of the coupling then to the faucet. You could even put an automatic float valve on the other end to maintain pond level without you having to do anything. The drain valve only drains when the pressure drops in the line. It is similar to running a sprinkler system.