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Posted by CanadianCray on March 16, 2005, 10:41 pm
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Check out their website. I am pretty sure they are rebuildable.
http://www.grundfos.com
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Craig Williams
> 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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> 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
>