Hi,
The pump/fountain in my pond stopped working around a year ago and has layed dormant at the bottom of the pond until recently. The pump was a bit inefficient any way so I've bought a new snazzier and more powerful pump.
The flex to the existing pump is buried under paving slabs between the pond and the house , but comes up from the ground next to the house and through the wall to an RCD and switch - so I used to be able to turn on the pond fountain from inside the house.
I want to use the new pump but keep as much of the existing cabling in place (especially internal wiring with the RCD). My plan is to therefore cut the existing pump flex on the external wall, put on a weatherproof junction box (with glands) and connect it to the new pump which I will then run along a wall, between a couple of slabs and then up into the pond (the pond a raised wall type)
I have a couple of questions:
1)The internal switch has a 13amp fuse in, I read somewhere on this forum that a 3amp fuse should be used. Any one agree with this & why that is?
2) How do I actually connect the old flex to the new flex within the weatherproof junction box, is there just a standard connector type box which I use?
3) Will the pump flex along the wall & between the slabs be okay/any better than the pump flex which currently runs underground?
Thanks very much - any help/advise will be very much appreciated.
Jeanette
The pump/fountain in my pond stopped working around a year ago and has layed dormant at the bottom of the pond until recently. The pump was a bit inefficient any way so I've bought a new snazzier and more powerful pump.
The flex to the existing pump is buried under paving slabs between the pond and the house , but comes up from the ground next to the house and through the wall to an RCD and switch - so I used to be able to turn on the pond fountain from inside the house.
I want to use the new pump but keep as much of the existing cabling in place (especially internal wiring with the RCD). My plan is to therefore cut the existing pump flex on the external wall, put on a weatherproof junction box (with glands) and connect it to the new pump which I will then run along a wall, between a couple of slabs and then up into the pond (the pond a raised wall type)
I have a couple of questions:
1)The internal switch has a 13amp fuse in, I read somewhere on this forum that a 3amp fuse should be used. Any one agree with this & why that is?
2) How do I actually connect the old flex to the new flex within the weatherproof junction box, is there just a standard connector type box which I use?
3) Will the pump flex along the wall & between the slabs be okay/any better than the pump flex which currently runs underground?
Thanks very much - any help/advise will be very much appreciated.
Jeanette