HYDROSWEEP IN THE POND!!! FINISHED AND WORKING!!!

[soberleaf]

been a while but i finally got my hydrosweep pond fountain done and installed in the center of the pond today. probably not as good as that kitchenaid demonstration i saw when i was a teen (where they ran a kitchenaid pump and hydrosweep in a fountain to show it's cleaning ability) but hey, i'm happy with it for this year. next year i may fine tune it a bit more. here goes! pics galore (not to be confused with pussy galore)

here's the pump installed underneath the floating round board that mounts the hydrosweep. i wanted to avoid tight bends in an effort to increase water flow output from pump.

 

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ready to be

floated in the pond

 

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first off

duke and funky inspect the pond to make sure it's safe for me to get in

 

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the general consensus

is that it's ok! no monsters lurking about, just a few frogs and some fish

 

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this is what i used as an anchor

to keep it from floating back the edge. peice of iron pipe that will sink nicely into the muck.

speaking of sinking into the muck here i go! wading out to the center!

 

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i float it out

anchor it, make my way back to the edge (haphazardly) and go plug it in!

i hear a big "whoooosh" sound almost like when i turn on one of my dishwashers after opening the door and there it is!

it works! it turns (about 20 rpm) it shoots water up about 8 feet and it floats!

 

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another

pic

 

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closer

yet

 

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and

another

i used my oldest cruddiest looking hydrosweep for this project.

even tho i used a gasket between the wash arm support and the toilet flange and used 4 screws this time, not 2 i can still see water shooting out at that seam. not gonna worry about it this year but when i pull it for winter i will do something to correct that water leakage.

 

[revvinkevin]

Very cool! Is there any chance you can post a video?

 

[soberleaf]

all in all

it's exactly what i wanted so it was worth the effort and 2 failed attempts to get it right.

 

[turquoisedude]

That pond is absolutley beautiful - the hydrosweep 'fountain' is unique! You must have a pretty big lot to accomodate that!!

 

[soberleaf]

it gives the pond

a special kitchenaid touch!

 

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and it shoots the water higher than i thought it would

pretty powerful jets of spray!

the birds can fly thru it and get a prerinse!

 

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duke checks it out

and gives me his approval. i swear he's smiling in this pic! i know i was!

 

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work is done now,

time to celebrate in the sun!

 

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funky is not to

be outdone!

 

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that was too much work!

time for a nap!

thanks for lookin, hope you enjoy!

 

[toggleswitch2]

Just where have they been?

LOVELY!

But why are the tubes brown?

 

[autowasherfreak]

The is so cool, I would like to see a video of too. The picture in Post# 372125, is so beautiful. I hate living in a city. I would love to be out in the country, where it's peaceful.

 

[frigilux]

That is SO awesome, Peter! A nice tribute to vintage KitchenAid. That's a gorgeous little pond, too.

 

[soberleaf]

why is the hydrosweep brown?

trust me fellows, that hydrosweep has never been inserted into or onto anything other than a wash arm support! honest!

i used it as it was kinda brown lookin, figured the pond couldn't hurt it. got it from a friend in akron that i bought a kd-12 and a kdi-18 off off, he gave me a bunch of extra kitchenaid parts.

video, i know i have to figure out how to do that. i have a video camera and i think i have movie maker on my pc here, just been so busy and i have no idea what i'm doing! but i will figure it out and sometime this fall will start doin movies here! God save us!

the pond is just a hole i had dug, 35 ft. diam and 8 ft. deep in the middle. my lot is about 3/4 acre i think, house is nothin special, a cottage i call it, used to be a modular home, very cheap construction, but it's home to me and my dogs, cats, snake, dishwashers and rollermatics.

had the pond dug in 2003, found a guy to dig it and i paid him 600 bucks and by the end of the day a hole was there. it filled up on it's own since i live in a swamp basically, and i have done nothing to it since except add fish and frogs and some plants. whatever grows around it grows is my motto, i'm not much on gardning.

here are a couple pics of the pond being dug. my beautiful red doberman "china" who went to dog heaven in 2004 (at the ripe old age of 14) look on in anticipation. funny, she never got in it, duke never gets out!

 

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lake erie it ain't!

but it's fun!

 

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forgot to add this shot of the water lily blooms

they come back every year and their flowers are so pretty!

 

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and here's one of the pump platform

being built last month

 

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wash arm support

is attached to toilet flange

 

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brown hydrosweep

is set in place!

 

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i remember that day

looking at all this and wondering if it would even float. i guessed that a 3 ft. diam circle of plywood would do the trick.

 

[a440]

What FUN!
Looks great! And what water action! I bet you enjoy the sounds of the water falling back in your pond. Like a hard rain storm!
Great pictures!
Brent

 

[cuffs054]

I'm thinking LED lights!!!!!!