| One major drawback of sump pumps that the
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| | only thing they forget to mention to
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| liner pond industry does not share with
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| | their usually innocent and unsuspecting
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| their clients is that they are literally
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| | clients. These easy-to-install,
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| energy sponges. But then, that is not the
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| | easy-to-make-a-killing liners that come
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| only thing they forget to mention to
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| | with a 20-50 year warranty (against
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| their usually innocent and unsuspecting
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| | factory defects only) are actually a meal
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| clients...
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| | down the road to a burrowing gopher, rat,
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| When I started in the waterfall and pond
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| | mouse, ground squirrel, chipmunk or
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| design & construction business in
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| | muskrat. How do I know? I replace liners
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| January of 1982, I was asking the same
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| | with concrete and rebar for a living and
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| question. I had a slight advantage over
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| | I ask if the customer if the liner
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| most when it came to answering the
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| | salesman told them the pros and cons
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| question, "Which pump do I use?"I came
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| | about the liner. (Most cons
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| out of the energy conservation field, so
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| | don't!)Besides a sump pump costing twice
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| I was already savvy about energy
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| | as much to operate than a high
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| consumption topics.
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| | efficiency, centrifugal pump, they plug
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| It was a challenge in the seventies, when
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| | up easily. (By the way, the liner guys
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| I was trying to convince people that they
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| | changed the name to a "submersible pump"
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| should buy the Mitsubishi compact
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| | and they are now using the term
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| fluorescent bulb to save energy. This was
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| | "waterfall pump.") Concrete and rebar
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| the first of its kind and it retailed for
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| | constructed ponds with bottom anti-vortex
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| $12 to $14. Its lumen or light output was
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| | drains seldom, if ever, plug up.
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| equal to a 60-watt incandescent bulb,
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| | In the industry magazine, Water Garden
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| which sold for $ .60 in most stores. I
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| | News, the vice president of product
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| needed to convince the engineer at Betty
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| | management for the Aquascape Company
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| Ford Hospital that a $12, 12-watt bulb
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| | stated, A lot of the time, the more
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| would save the facility $35,000 a year in
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| | energy efficient the [sump] pump, the
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| electrical costs. I did so, and it
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| | less solids and debris it can handle. So
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| did!Pumps are no different when it comes
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| | often the consumer is excited the pump
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| to performance vs. energy consumption.
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| | will only cost them $10 a month to run,
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| The rule of thumb is: If an electrical
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| | but what they did not know is that they
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| appliance was engineered to be used only
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| | are going to have to be out there 3 times
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| occasionally, as opposed to continually,
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| | a week, cleaning the intake of the [sump]
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| rest assured, it is not engineered or
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| | pump to keep it going. Water Garden News
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| built with the highest industry standards
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| | is a trade magazine that is for
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| in mind.
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| | manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers
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| Sump pumps were designed to be submerged
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| | in the water garden industry. This
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| underwater and pump that water to a
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| | information was not meant for the
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| different location. Their most common
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| | consumers' eyes. Until now!Read my
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| uses are in basements, bunkers, bilges,
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| | article entitled Pondless Waterfall:
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| and that sort of thing. These pumps would
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| | Concrete vs. Pond Liner ; I cover the
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| only come on by demand, when a float
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| | subject in depth, and expose the truth
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| control indicated a high water level.
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| | about pond liner promoters. All of the
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| Sump pumps were cheap to buy because they
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| | costs involved in building a pondless
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| were built cheaply. It did not matter
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| | waterfall are analyzed by comparing the
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| that they consumed more energy than the
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| | two techniques: using concrete &
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| more expensive centrifugal pump, since
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| | rebar or a rubber liner.
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| they only came on occasionally.
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| | The difference in the cost of energy
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| These pumps turned out to be perfect for
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| | consumption between a 5700 gallon per
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| the get-rich-quick liner pond industry
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| | hour sump pump and a 5800 gallon per hour
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| for three major reasons:
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| | high-efficiency centrifugal pump is
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| They were cheap to buy, as were the
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| | staggering. The sump pump uses twice as
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| liners; They were simple to install; and
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| | much energy, costs $171 more to purchase,
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| They were easy to hide.
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| | and its warranty is 6 months less! Look
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| One major drawback of sump pumps that the
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| | before you leap and research before you
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| liner pond industry does not share with
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| | weep.
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| their clients is that they are literally
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| | Happy koi, peace and joy.
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| energy sponges. But then, that is not the
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