For Safety Reasons Only | Consider a Low Voltage Pond Pump

There is only one reason to consider buying a low voltage pond pump and even this reason can be debated given that the safety aspects of most pond pumps are very well understood and catered for in the designs and installation.

If the area in which the pond will be used is like to be abused or there is a very high risk of children getting hurt then go for installing a low voltage pond pump. You can buy online here.

The way to choose the pump is no different than for any other type of pump discussed on the site. Follow the recommendations for filter pumps, how to choose a waterfall pump and for general use in ponds.

Restricted Choice Available

Of the major pond pump suppliers Oase and Hozelock are the main providers of low voltage pumps. There are also 2 general voltage standards used ... 24 volts and 12 volts. Each pump is supplied with a voltage transformer that steps down the mains voltage to the appropriate low voltage level (12 or 24 Volts).

Only certain sizes are catered for ... e.g. Hozelock Cascade series of low voltage pond pumps stop at a maximum flow of 4,000 litres per hour. This of course restricts usage to smallish ponds with limited waterfall flows.

Hozelock LOW VOLTAGE (24 V) Cascade Pond Pumps

• Range from 700 to 4000 lph

• 24 volts to make them childoproof safe

• Easy to install

• 3 metres of cable. Possible to extend up to 50 metres ... no need to bury the cable

• Click connect to transformer for ease of installation

• Performance is same as normal Cascade models

• 3 year guarantee so buy with confidence

Pond Keeping Units

Now we've started to talk litres you might find this table below useful. It helps to translate one set of units to another quite easily.

Example ... 1 cu.m per minute is the same as 1,000 litres per minute or 35.32 cu.ft per min or 220 imperial gallons per minute.

Factors to be aware of with all pumps. This is a good page to read before you buy any pump.