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Message: [QUOTE="CountryEscape, post: 210738, member: 3087"] OK, ladies and gents. Here's my problem. I don't have a hose on the horse trough hydrant. It runs into a piece of sump pump tubing I have wired over the opening, to make it go to the trough. I guess if I had a very short hose on it, I could put a timer on it, but that hose would be 5' or less long. I pull the handle up to turn it on, push it down to turn it off. I don't have problems ... usually ... with my ponds in the yard, as I have to walk over the hose to go in or out of the house, which helps. I have, however, left the house water running before, but no ill effects. I have well water, so it's not like I'm paying for it (except the electricity, granted) and if I run it dry, it will come right back in an hour. Thank goodness I don't have to prime that silly pump. Better knock on wood, cause I've never had to yet anyhow. Ran it dry just a couple of times, both times had plenty of water within an hour. Really lots of water out here, even in a drought. So, my only alternative I can see for the horse's water trough (until my son comes and puts the light on the outside, which goes on and off with the pump, like I had with the old well housing ...) is to have a hand held battery operated timer that I leave out in the barn. When I turn the water on, I will need to put the timer in my pocket and use that as my reminder. :playful: [/QUOTE]