Water Gardening: the greening of a pond, 1 by fredrump

fredrump wrote:
I have contractors here who are using various machines (saws, air nailers, etc) but I didn't think that they wold use all that much electricity. Besides, I turned the pumps on in this billing period. I have a feeling it's mostly in the 2HP pump. Here are the specs:

STA-RITE pump model #: P6RA6G-207L
Motor model #: C48M2PA100
HP 2.0
KW 1.5
Volts 230
RPM 3460
Phase 1
Hz 60
Code H
Max Load Amps 12.0
SF 1.1
Thermally Protected CET36ABM
Insul Class B
AMB 50
oC
Time Rate CONT
A.O. Smith EPC
Tipp City, OH 45371

Whatever all this gobbledegook means. Checking the manufacturer's web site gives me http://www.staritepool.com/pdf/S691(1-19-04).PDF
and it is a standard pool pump. Reading the instructions leave me wondering if I should complain and get a pump more suited to my needs in a pond. There is not a word about ponds in the manual. It's all about spas and pools.

It seems that this pump is pumping about 140-150 GPM (pump model F) in the specs: http://www.staritepool.com/specs/pool_maxepro_specs.htm at 20 feet head but I only have about 6 feet of head but lots of pipe from draw to the filter and back to another waterfall. So even if I only use 120 GPM that would translate into 7200 GPH or a little less than the pond volume. But the cost to get that volume seems out of sight if the lady from Merrimac, NH gets 5600 GPH for only 20 bucks a month. Something is definately wrong here.

I think I need to speak with a pond pump specialist and get some advice as to what to do.

Fred

PS while I'm at it here's a shot of all my electrical controls in my gazebo island for timers, low voltage transformers etc. I hid the whole mess. :-)