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

eodonnell · Apr 1, 2012

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 (fliter I think) is missing its plug, the other end was wrapped in a carrier bag, stashed in a vase. The intake part (submerged) has its own plug which we found.

Our question is , is it safe to plug this (submerged) part in to our household mains to see if it is in working order or do we risk blowing our home elecricity supply? Our worry is that it will go further than the trip and cause serious damage for which we will be responsible.

The make and model of the pump is ... Hozelock cyprio
like this Ecopower + Filter Kit 5000: 1341 - Hozelock

I think its pointless anyway with out the above ground bit having its plug.

Any advice much appreciated.

Paul.M · Apr 1, 2012

GLENNSPARK said:
just out of interest.....does the intended supply for this filter pump enjoy additional protection by means of RCD?....if not then it would be prudent to have an RCD fitted to supply this......in fact outside power outlets and outside current using equipment should be fed through an RCD if you were to have this pump working again.....i think Tel has already touched on this.....

I've already said it glen, wind your neck in lol.

eodonnell · Apr 1, 2012

eodonnell · Apr 1, 2012

just added two photos, no test button to be seen or mA number either I'm afraid.
Perhaps we don;t have it ... :/

GLENNSPARK · Apr 1, 2012

you could use an RCDfcu to feed this pond filter ...or an IP rated socket with RCD ......get an electrician to do this work for you as its notifyable....i`m sure if you posted the area in the uk you are from someone in here could have a look at it for you......