Grundfos submersible pump unrepairable?

Hello there,

I just moved into a tropical bungalow which has a very shallow indoor pond.
Its
2 yrs old but hasn't been used. I switched it on over the weekend and its
seems ok. But the water flow is dead slow at the end of the pond.

There are two pumps. One of them is a Grundfos pump. Looking very similar in
size to the EHEIM 222 filter I use for my 100 litre aquarium. Its not
working and not pumping out water.

Inititally when I came to the place, the previous tenant turned it on to
show me how it works. Water came out on both sides- indicated that the pumps
were both working. But now only one side is working.

But first some info... the water pond is large in length and breath -
measuring 14 feet by 14 feet. But the depth is shallow- and measures an
average of only 5 -10 inches. the concrete
floor is also covered by a river rocks.

Its flanked on both ends by two drains where the pumps and outlet pipes sit
(inside). The two drains are deep and hold about 5% of the pond water.
The two pumps and what appears to be a drain value are on one end;
the outlet nozzles and pipes are on the opposite drain- which is on
higher ground- deliberately raised to facilitate water flow.

When I checked it out yesterday, the drains were still full of old water. I
filled the
pond full of water then turned on the pumps. One section worked. The other
section- connected to the Grundfos did not. The Grundfos is still humming
away rather erratically and noisey though.

I got a pond expert to check it out and he said that the Grundfos was burnt
out and needed to be replaced. He said it'd cost about $350 for a new model
and an extra $100+ because he had to change the pipes to accomodate the new
one. He wasn't going to use Grundfos but a different brand.

Can the Grundfos be repaired? And whats the best idea?

Cheers!


Wilde

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Check out their website. I am pretty sure they are rebuildable.

http://www.grundfos.com
--
Craig Williams

"Wylie Wilde" wrote in message
...
Hello there,

I just moved into a tropical bungalow which has a very shallow indoor
pond. Its
2 yrs old but hasn't been used. I switched it on over the weekend and its
seems ok. But the water flow is dead slow at the end of the pond.

There are two pumps. One of them is a Grundfos pump. Looking very similar
in size to the EHEIM 222 filter I use for my 100 litre aquarium. Its not
working and not pumping out water.

Inititally when I came to the place, the previous tenant turned it on to
show me how it works. Water came out on both sides- indicated that the
pumps were both working. But now only one side is working.

But first some info... the water pond is large in length and breath -
measuring 14 feet by 14 feet. But the depth is shallow- and measures an
average of only 5 -10 inches. the concrete
floor is also covered by a river rocks.

Its flanked on both ends by two drains where the pumps and outlet pipes
sit
(inside). The two drains are deep and hold about 5% of the pond water.
The two pumps and what appears to be a drain value are on one end;
the outlet nozzles and pipes are on the opposite drain- which is on
higher ground- deliberately raised to facilitate water flow.

When I checked it out yesterday, the drains were still full of old water.
I filled the
pond full of water then turned on the pumps. One section worked. The other
section- connected to the Grundfos did not. The Grundfos is still humming
away rather erratically and noisey though.

I got a pond expert to check it out and he said that the Grundfos was
burnt out and needed to be replaced. He said it'd cost about $350 for a
new model and an extra $100+ because he had to change the pipes to
accomodate the new one. He wasn't going to use Grundfos but a different
brand.

Can the Grundfos be repaired? And whats the best idea?

Cheers!


Wilde

___________________________
Classic Humor
www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail117.html