I inherited a raised walled pond with my house last year. The previous owner was a keen gardener and had a pump, fish and plants in there etc. He took the pump and fish with him and I didn’t really do anything with it.
I have over the past few days cleared it out, scrubbed it and now have an empy pond with liner. I also bought a pump – ‘Hozelock Easyclear 6000’ to install. It came today and has no plug.
The pump spec is;
Maximum Flow Rate: 1700lph (374gph)
UVC: 9w
Pump: 40w
Max Fountain Height: 1.6m (5ft 3inch)
Recommended Waterfall Height: 0.6m (2ft)
Cable Length: 10m
This is a link to the manual for the pump; http://www.hozelock.com/uploads/pdf... clear 2012/33855-004 EASYCLEAR 6-9000 UK.pdf
Basically I have a covered twin outdoor socket between the pond and the rockery. Once a plug is inserted the cover shuts and it is waterproof. All the wiring goes under soil and then into the conservatory. With this in place is it as simple as attaching a plug and setting up as per instructions?
The manual says it's designed to be;
permanently wired to
the mains supply in a dry weatherproof
enclosure through a Double-Pole
Switched Fused Spur - (Disconnector) to
BS 3676, with a minimum contact
separation of 3mm in each Pole &
Fitted with a 3 or 5 Amp fuse
Does that mean it's not safe to attach a plug like I hoped to do? If not, can it be wired into my existing set-up? (by a qualified electrician of course).
I’m quite competent in wiring on a plug if that is acceptable/safe.
A section of the manual states;
From 1st January 2005 installing this
product in the garden is classed as
'notifiable' in the revised Building
Regulations for England and Wales.
The Regulations now require you to
tell your local authority building
control department that you intend to
install this product before installation.
Your local authority will let you know
how you can get your installation
This info and connection instructions are on pages 4, 5 & 6 of the above manual.
Can anyone tell me what this actually means and entails? Anyone been through it/done it? Is this saying I need to get an electrician to fit the plug and/or check what is already in place? Layman's terms please.
Because the installation of the power supply is already there is it still a 'notifiable installation'? Or only if it is wired into it? I'm confused and have tried to research this but everything relates to new installations, not attaching a pump to an existing one.
Thank you. Sorry there are a lot of questions there. Any help/insight greatly appreciated.
I have over the past few days cleared it out, scrubbed it and now have an empy pond with liner. I also bought a pump – ‘Hozelock Easyclear 6000’ to install. It came today and has no plug.
The pump spec is;
Maximum Flow Rate: 1700lph (374gph)
UVC: 9w
Pump: 40w
Max Fountain Height: 1.6m (5ft 3inch)
Recommended Waterfall Height: 0.6m (2ft)
Cable Length: 10m
This is a link to the manual for the pump; http://www.hozelock.com/uploads/pdf... clear 2012/33855-004 EASYCLEAR 6-9000 UK.pdf
Basically I have a covered twin outdoor socket between the pond and the rockery. Once a plug is inserted the cover shuts and it is waterproof. All the wiring goes under soil and then into the conservatory. With this in place is it as simple as attaching a plug and setting up as per instructions?
The manual says it's designed to be;
permanently wired to
the mains supply in a dry weatherproof
enclosure through a Double-Pole
Switched Fused Spur - (Disconnector) to
BS 3676, with a minimum contact
separation of 3mm in each Pole &
Fitted with a 3 or 5 Amp fuse
Does that mean it's not safe to attach a plug like I hoped to do? If not, can it be wired into my existing set-up? (by a qualified electrician of course).
I’m quite competent in wiring on a plug if that is acceptable/safe.
A section of the manual states;
From 1st January 2005 installing this
product in the garden is classed as
'notifiable' in the revised Building
Regulations for England and Wales.
The Regulations now require you to
tell your local authority building
control department that you intend to
install this product before installation.
Your local authority will let you know
how you can get your installation
This info and connection instructions are on pages 4, 5 & 6 of the above manual.
Can anyone tell me what this actually means and entails? Anyone been through it/done it? Is this saying I need to get an electrician to fit the plug and/or check what is already in place? Layman's terms please.
Because the installation of the power supply is already there is it still a 'notifiable installation'? Or only if it is wired into it? I'm confused and have tried to research this but everything relates to new installations, not attaching a pump to an existing one.
Thank you. Sorry there are a lot of questions there. Any help/insight greatly appreciated.