herzausstahl
herzausstahl
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2011
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- 790
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- Location
- Northeast Wisconsin Zone 4a/5b
- Hardiness Zone
- 4a
Thanks Addy, I always wondered what kind of wireless you used and the price isn't bad either. How does it handle when your pond freezes over (or doesn't it)?
Blessedfamily,
I picked up a 450 gph pump on fall clearance for around $35 and will just plumb a pvc riser connected to a bubbling fountain head (also got on clearance) that I am going to put on a shelf near the surface. It only uses 45 watts so won't break the bank either. Will see how it holds up and if not I won't be out too much $. My other pumps would be too strong to use for it.
Baeya,
Glad to know that ordinary aquarium pumps in a container would probably burn out. I wonder if it was the cold that burnt out the motors. The air stone idea I know would work in my area also. Did you guys have any ventilation in the containers for the pumps?
J.W.,
Glad to know that my plan will work.
Sunshine,
Would love to leave mine running all winter but it would chill the water too much as it ran down the stream. I would probably run into a problem where the water enters the pond because it is deep enough the top layer would freeze and could potentially dam up. The rest of my stream has walls that are high enough, even if it did dam up it would probably run over/around/ or under, which thinking about it now would be really cool, only problem is my big pump is connected to 2"PVC with a lot of slack in the pond, so I don't think I could prop it up on a crate and get it to stay up there without falling off. Thought about a 2nd pump to run my filter waterfall, but the way it is set up would be real easy to dam up and I don't want to be running out there to remove ice dams all winter. I did use one of the ball valves from Menards, but I made sure I picked one I could turn in the store. I also turn it every now and then to loosen up and build up around the rubber valve.
Tmann,
What did you do to protect your outdoor faucet so you could use it after the temp dropped below freezing?
Thanks everyone!
Blessedfamily,
I picked up a 450 gph pump on fall clearance for around $35 and will just plumb a pvc riser connected to a bubbling fountain head (also got on clearance) that I am going to put on a shelf near the surface. It only uses 45 watts so won't break the bank either. Will see how it holds up and if not I won't be out too much $. My other pumps would be too strong to use for it.
Baeya,
Glad to know that ordinary aquarium pumps in a container would probably burn out. I wonder if it was the cold that burnt out the motors. The air stone idea I know would work in my area also. Did you guys have any ventilation in the containers for the pumps?
J.W.,
Glad to know that my plan will work.
Sunshine,
Would love to leave mine running all winter but it would chill the water too much as it ran down the stream. I would probably run into a problem where the water enters the pond because it is deep enough the top layer would freeze and could potentially dam up. The rest of my stream has walls that are high enough, even if it did dam up it would probably run over/around/ or under, which thinking about it now would be really cool, only problem is my big pump is connected to 2"PVC with a lot of slack in the pond, so I don't think I could prop it up on a crate and get it to stay up there without falling off. Thought about a 2nd pump to run my filter waterfall, but the way it is set up would be real easy to dam up and I don't want to be running out there to remove ice dams all winter. I did use one of the ball valves from Menards, but I made sure I picked one I could turn in the store. I also turn it every now and then to loosen up and build up around the rubber valve.
Tmann,
What did you do to protect your outdoor faucet so you could use it after the temp dropped below freezing?
Thanks everyone!