Tag Archives: electricity
Helping You Improve Your Home
If you need help on what you could be doing to improve your home then look no further. This article has a lot of advice inside that can help guide you in the right direction to make your home look better. A lot of people get discouraged when they think of home improvement but if … Continue reading
Go Green With These Easy Home Improvement Tips
These days, everywhere you turn, someone is talking about the Green Movement. There are many things that you can do to your home to make it more environmentally friendly and energy efficient. Many of the following things can be completed solely by the homeowner, so take a look and see what you can do around … Continue reading
Why does the street light outside my house go out whenever my well-pump turns on?
Is it because my house is old and the electricity is not grounded? Or is it because the street light is inadvertently wired to my house and going on my bill?
Pump ran dry for a long time – should I replace?
This is for our drinking water/household plumping system: I have 1HP 220v surface mount jacuzzi brand jet pump (model S1CY-S) that pumps from a cistern (cistern bottom is about 8+ feet below the height of the pump). The pump needs to pump up 15′ to reach the first floor and another 10′ to reach the … Continue reading
How do you install a pump and filter for an outdoor garden?
For about a 500 gallon pond, how would you install the pump and filter? Do you need electricity to connect the pump to? Thanks!! Links are good too!
My neighbors sump pump drains down into my yard .?
Last weekend and we did have rain lately I kept hearing their sump pump cutting on and it was flooding out of their house. I finally called fire dept. and they came out and turned off their water at the street and that stopped it. Does their sump pump require water and or electricity on? … Continue reading
How difficult is it to get electricity and plumbing for a backyard pond that is 33 feet away from the house?
According to my previous research about ponds, I will need an electricity and plumbing source for a pump in a pond. I would like my pond to be around 100 gallons maximum. So how difficult is it to bring electricity and plumbing to my desired location? Thanks– any help will work!
Why do I have 2 pressure switches on my jetpump and pressure tank?
Just curious about wether or not my jet pump and pressure tank are setup the way they should be. The jet pump is an old myers pump with the 2 pipes one being for suction and the other to push water out. The jet pump then connects to a brand new pressure/bladder tank, which connects … Continue reading
Want to heat and cool your home for free (Very Green)?
How about geothermal, for every 100ft you get an average increase of 5 degrees. Read about the Comstock mine, at 3000 ft down you have a temp of 200+ degrees. A hell of a place to work but if you’re looking for geothermal heat it’s a great example. Now the temps will vary based upon … Continue reading
Is a pond pump necessary?
I’m making a pond thats going to have bluegill and perch. It’s going to be pretty big, about 20′x20′x5′ deep. Although available, i dont want to use electricity. Is there anything i could use to aerate the pond?