Why are pond pumps expensive? and where can you save money on good pumps

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Concepts:

pump, pond, retailer, cost, guarantee, electricity, water, pipe, diameter, installation, fountain, purchase, cables, equipment, connectors.

Summary:

- In this short chapter I have tried to give you a feel for what are important topics to consider in looking at your pond project.

- The best example of this is the selling of a pump that was designed to work in a clean water environment and indoors.

- The only reason retailers sell such items I presume is that these pumps are cheaper than pond pumps and the retailer assumes the customer wants a cheap item.

- In pond keeping cheap items have a habit of becoming expensive items very quickly because they will not work and will need replacement shortly after installation in a pond.

- On the other hand good pond items need not be expensive at all as we will cover later in the book.

- Quite simply when it comes to electricity my advice is spend a bit more money and employ an electrician to do all the electrical work for you.

- When you buy piping for the joining together of various pond items always buy pipe with the maximum internal diameter you can - do not use less than 25 mm internal diameter normally.

- Use larger diameter pipe, not less than 25 mm and make the pipe short to get the most out of your pump.

- This approach will also lower the cost of the pump to achieve your required flow rate.

- Be suspicious of equipment with poor information on the box or label.

- In particular look for and check the guarantee and also the retailer's attitude to the guarantee which is often more important than the guarantee itself.