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  1. Joe S

    Pond Electrics with possible lighting on island??

    I have a customer who is digging a rather large pond (approx 200.000 gallons) where he is constructing a bridge and an island. Around the pond is some perimeter lighting and he has mentioned a light or socket on the island. This is getting a little close for comfort for me but am unsure which...
  2. S

    What conduit for pond filter flex?

    Hello, I have a pond filter, that has a short (3-4m) run of flex to a junction box, and I want to protect it, but can't decide on the best conduit. The flex will be discreet but not buried, and will run with the hoses from the filter across a flowerbed. (It's at risk of boots & hand trowels...
  3. D

    pond electrics....?

    Hi guys i had an idea of using a solar panel to charge 2 12v batteries at 7(amph) small i know....that would power an outdoor pond. Which i have started to build but i wanted a more powerful pump so i bought a 12v to 240v inverter which can run upto 400w? Now the pump i have is 240v and 230w...
  4. W

    koi pond heating via gas combi boiler controlled through a Carel S 90 TW Tem

    Hi hope you can help. Friend has just changed his gas boiler from a standard wall mounted one. To a combi boiler. Pond temp Is controlled by a Carel S90 TW (He has no wiring instruction.) Tem sensor sited in pond. Stainless steel heat exchanger. All worked fine until boiler swop. New boiler...
  5. HappyHippyDad

    Can I use 0.75mm black pond flex to feed 1000W lights?

    Hello all.... I am doing some work in a small domestic stables and the chap has now asked if I can fit some extra outside floodlights. There will be two 50W LED flood lights. In total there will be 20m's of 1.5mm SWA and then a further 8 metres of black flex to them. There is nothing in...
  6. J

    Pond Pumps ?

    I've just had a call from a man who has 2 pond pumps that start up and run fine. The problem occurs when he turns them off it takes out the RCD. This guy has had a few electricians out already one advised to change his pumps which he has done. Last summer they worked fine and in winter he had a...
  7. B

    PME Swimming Pool, Pond, and Jaccuzi

    Went to look at a job the other day, The customer wants some "electrics" installed for his swimming pool, pond, and jacuzzi. Had a quick look at the existing Jacuzzi supply: this is tapped off of main tails (henley blocks), into Seperate RCD enclosure with 40A MCB. Unable to locate bonding...
  8. HappyHippyDad

    Which switch for a pond pump?

    Hello, A friend has asked me to replace a broken 2 gang switch in her garden which works electrically but is very badly cracked. One switches her pond lights and the other her pond pump. I am not registered yet (will be in oct hopefully!) but believe it is ok to do a like for like change? I...
  9. Y

    Feed to a pond fountain...

    Hi all, Got myself a job swapping some socket fronts for a friend, Just had a quick look today and all of the sockets are on a ring protected by a 32A mcb. But one of the sockets has a 2.5mm T&E feeding a pond fountain (It's only very small, So I can't see loading being an issue) outside in the...
  10. J

    Consumer unit running from spur for pond stuff

    Hi all, So i was thinking about running a consumer unit from a spur for all the outdoor pond stuff. I wanted to have in there 3 Rcbo's at 6 amp, 1 for the pump, 1 for the led lighting and another for a water feature. None of these go past the 6 amps. They will only be used for this and nothing...
  11. E

    Plugging in an old Garden Pond Filter to the house mains.

    Hi All, Sorry I am a bit clueless so on here for advice. We recently moved into a new property where the previous tenants left a number of fish in the garden pond. Wanting to maintain it, there is an old looking pump, seems to have not been used in quite sometime. The main body of the pump...
  12. S

    Garden Pond Electrics.

    How do you do your garden pond electrics? example. Masterplug Weatherproof Outdoor Power Kit. Fitted to exterior wall of house, fed via the extension cable supplied in conduit up the wall into loft space into socket outlet. The pond pump and lights come pre wired and plug into extension...
  13. S

    solutions for terminating pond pump and lights armoured?

    as above and just need a solution which is not too vulgar to terminate SWA's and then run feeds to pump and lights. regards.
  14. T

    questiosn from a newbie - outdoor pond pump & fused spurs

    morning all. I'm planning a job for a client which (amongst other things) includes installing a pondpump. I've just seen the pump they've bought, and it's designed to be wired directly off a fused spur. That's fine, but as there's also going to be power to some outdoor sockets for some other...
  15. J

    blagdon pond electrics

    i recently installed this Blagdon Powersafe Armoured Cable Kit --- Pond Pumps Direct , for outside pond electrics. It has been working find, but now whenever i plug in and turn on the circit breaker kicks in and trips the house. Does anyone know why this is happening??
  16. D

    Fish Pond

    Right Chaps!! and Before CBW replies with some thing stupid what is the best type of pump for a garden pond just to circulate the water around and keep it fresh...!
  17. P

    Power to outbuilding and a pond pump!

    Hi all, running power to an outbuilding and then a pond pump but I have a few questions. Here is my plan; The dwelling installation is TT Ensure dwelling FB has 30Ma RCD Protection and a spare slot Run cable to garage 2 way FB Obviously rate the cable, etc.. Questions Does the cable NEED...
  18. P

    Pond pump still tripping rcd

    Pond pump is still tripping RCD which means I loose all power to socket outlets upstairs downstairs and kitchen (with freezer in it).Why doesnt mcb trip instead and what could be causing RCD to trip.Any advice would really be appreciated.
  19. M

    pond problem

    I have to renew a faulty cable in a large pond at retirement complex.The cable in question comes from an output from a blagdon controller and passes some 15 metres along the bottom of the pond to feed another controller on the other side of the pond which in turn feeds 3 other items of pond...
  20. P

    Garden Pond minimum distance

    Looked in the regs cant find anything specific on the distance terminations (switches etc) should be located away from the water edge of a garden pond - other than common sense - does anyone know of any guidance on this or specifics for locating terminations for the pond pump and filter...

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