Extending Water to Pond

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 07:10:43 -0600, "Phyllis and Jim Hurley"
wrote:

Mike,

Don't know how big your pond is, but I would recommend running a larger line
and using something like a toilet valve (Floating cylinder on post) as an
auto level device. Ours sticks out of a tupperware contained filled with
rocks. The koi haven't bothered it and we never worry about topping up the
pond. It works fine on the regular household PVC, 1/2". I would be
skittish, however, of running water and that kind of elec. in the same pipe.
The pvc will do fine on its own underground. Ours runs under our deck, up
against the beams.

Good luck.

Jim

Thanks for the input.

I may go with 1/2" line instead of 1/4".

Any electrical that ran through the outer pipe would be low voltage
signal wires (Cat 5E plenum rated most likely.) Might run a wireless
access point out there, as my wireless signals just barely reach out
there right now with a wireless router in the house..


Mike Patterson
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Computing by the pond is such a blast! I am a professor. that gives me an
excuse to 'study' by the pond. Great sport!

Jim

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On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 07:10:43 -0600, "Phyllis and Jim Hurley"
wrote:

Mike,

Don't know how big your pond is, but I would recommend running a larger
line
and using something like a toilet valve (Floating cylinder on post) as an
auto level device. Ours sticks out of a tupperware contained filled with
rocks. The koi haven't bothered it and we never worry about topping up
the
pond. It works fine on the regular household PVC, 1/2". I would be
skittish, however, of running water and that kind of elec. in the same
pipe.
The pvc will do fine on its own underground. Ours runs under our deck,
up
against the beams.

Good luck.

Jim

Thanks for the input.

I may go with 1/2" line instead of 1/4".

Any electrical that ran through the outer pipe would be low voltage
signal wires (Cat 5E plenum rated most likely.) Might run a wireless
access point out there, as my wireless signals just barely reach out
there right now with a wireless router in the house..


Mike Patterson
Please remove the spamtrap to email me.

BenignVanilla wrote:
Right now, when I want to fill the pond, I drag a hose out from the
house. If I wanted to put a spigot out back by the pond, what would
be the best material to use? Can I bury it in the same trench that I
am using for an electrical conduit?

-- BV. www.iheartmypond.com

PVC and yes u can use the same trencnh but put the water line below
the elec conduit at least a foot
I 'think if you look through my pond site you can see my outlet, its 1"
PVC with a ball valve

John Rutz