KITCHENAID HYDROSWEEP IN MY POND

[soberleaf]

around 1971 i saw a kitchenaid ad where they had a pump, motor and hydrosweep out in a pond mounted on a floating device with the motor sealed underneath to show how much water the hydrosweep could spray. it was very impressive, the jets of water shot up over 10 ft at least!

rememberiung that i got the idea to take a hydrosweep and use it in my pond in the back yard as a novelty sprayer.

so far i have not got the bugs worked out of it but here are some pics and the story behind it. i think i can get it, i'm on the right track!

first off i started with a wash support. these are for sale on e bay for 15 bucks if anyone needs one, they fit the 15-17 models.

 

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then i took a pvc toilet flange from home depot

and mounted a 3" to 1 1/2" reducer on it. next i put a threaded reducer so i could screw on the sump pump hose that would connect it to the pump.

 

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another view

of the flange

 

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next i mounted the wash arm support to the toilet flange

with two nuts and bolts

 

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the i mounted the whole thing to a peice of osb plywood

about 2 feet square just to see if it would float in the pond. it did.

i connected the hydrosweep to a pond pump that i keep in the pond. i used about 20 ft. of sump pump hose to connect it as the pump is by the shore and the pond is 35 feet in diam. and i wanted to have this sprayer in the middle of the pond.

i hooked it up and.....................................

TOTAL FIASCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BIG ZERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A BOMB........................................

 

[soberleaf]

see what i mean!!!!!!!

this is all i got out of it!!!

 

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i was very disapointed

this is piddly!!!

 

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with the hydrosweep on it

it's even more piddly!!!!!

 

[soberleaf]

what a joke

and the joke was on me!!!

 

[soberleaf]

then i got another idea (scary thought)

as you can see when the pump has no hose attached to it it shoots out a great big jet of water. this pic doesn't show it well, the water volume is very high and it shoots it up and out in the pond a good 6 to 8 feet.

so i think having a hose connection to the hydrosweep seriously cuts down on the volume of flow.

 

[soberleaf]

another view

it is a high volume pump

 

[soberleaf]

SO, WHAT I'M GONNA DO HERE IS

take the hydrosweep and mount it directly to the pump output and mount the whole thing on a bigger board that will float with the pump attached directly underneath it.

this way there will be no water volume restriction due to a hose and i can float the whole thing in the middle of the pond, or wherever i like.

i have a hunch the results will be much better this way. i am too curious not to do it and will post some pics when i do for anyone interested.

either way it was fun trying it and it will be fun to try this new idea to see if it works. and the pond is really my dog duke's summer swimming hole and he couldn't care less if i have a hydrosweep in it or not. as long as he can swim around in it all day long looking for frogs and goldfish he's happy!

 

[soberleaf]

to be continued

soon as i have time to work on it some more!

thanks

 

[soberleaf]

thought i was putting this in the "super" section

where it probably belongs. sorry! maybe "samantha" can move it for me like she did once before!

 

[yogitunes]

what a great idea....can't wait to see your next attempt...

I wonder if this will work in my pool...that has a powerful pump that shoots water up thru a sprayer in the center for effect....I don't know why I never thought of this before, after all, this is my specialty, rigging things up, and what beter way to show talent of our interest but to have a wash arm performing a water show in MOTION, especially at night with the underwater lghts...if this works...I'll do videos....and then off to the fish pond, those frogs will think it's raining for days...ok maybe a smaller wash arm for this application....but we'll see...

what a great dog you got there...Ripley my siberian love the water too...can't keep her out of the pool, she likes to duck under and pop her head out...unusual animals we have!

 

[frigilux]

Wow, you really need to get video footage of this ambitious and eccentric project on YouTube!

And remember, nothing works as well in real life as it does in commercials, LOL.

 

[everythingold]

Pete, you're great.

 

[soberleaf]

i have a video camera i have had for years

but i have no idea how to get a video onto u tube, i'm not that knowlegable on computer stuff. if someone can e mail me and tell me i would like to do a u tube post on this project. i would also like to put some footage of my rollermatic on it, plus show my dishwashers.

my e mail is [email protected]

thanks for the support, i was feelin pretty stupid about the whole idea after it fizzled out on me the other nite but i will try again! i wanna see that hydrosweep in action in the pond. if i had a way to seal a kitchenaid motor watertight i would simply install a kitchenaid pump and motor in something and put it in the pond like they did in that 60's ad. there might be a way, my mind is starting to wander in that direction (also a scary thought).

yea, duke is a trip. weimeraner i got at the pond 3 years ago, loves water! loves to eat frogs! and fish when he can catch em. i had over 100 frogs at one time and i hate for him to kill them but unless i stood there all day watching him i can't stop him. and that pond is his main enjoyment outside so i don't have the heart not to let him be in it. i just stopped buying tadpoles for the pond as i hate to kill animals needlessly.

here he is like a duck!

why don't we start a post on the super section and show our pets?

 

[soberleaf]

that's pound, not pond

i got him at the pound, he lives in the pond!