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Originally Posted by Rich L

Sandy, you don’t want a pump set up for 220. The load you are talking about is very light and won’t need the higher voltage. Get the pump with a 110 volt cord attached.Stick to name brand pumps, Sequence, Performance Pro, or Aqua Flow are major suppliers and their products have been through impressive quality control processes. Some others may tell you their pump is as good but you’re taking a chance with the quality of pond installation folks in your area. Stick to a local koi dealer with a store front. Patronizing them will be appreciated and they will be eager to help you when you need help.If someone tries to talk you into another pump email me and I will take a look.Where are you located in N. Cal? You may be able to have an AKCA Koi Health Advisor(KHA) drop by and give you some valuable pointers before you do anything. That’s our job and we do it for free although we would appreciate people covering expenses (gas) but don’t let that worry you, it’s not absolutely necessary. There are several KHAs in the SF Bay Area. Another suggestion is to drop in on a local koi club some of them have good info and friendly people.

Hi Rich,

Thanks for your input. Why not 220? It's just as easy for me to go 220vac as 115vac. Either way the wattage is the same. Only the amps go down, helping the pump run cooler, correct? This may be a good thing in the long run since it's hellishly hot here in the summer months.

I have two, sometimes insurmountable, problems that prevent me from going to a local koi dealer with a storefront for a name brand pump like the Sequence AND having a local KHA stop by. The operative words are "local" and "affordable" uttered in the same breath. When one lives in Dairyville, well upstate of any large population center in northern California, nothing is local OR affordable. The closest koi dealer with a storefront is a watergarden 40 miles away. I don't need to expound on that--visited there before and they really wouldn't be of any help. The closest KHA is 50 miles away and I don't suspect he'll hurry on out again either, even if I pay for gas (which he refused, saying that KHA's cannot get monetary recompense for any reason--wish I'd made him lunch ).

Cost is a HUGE matter to me. Just can't afford name-brand-made-exclusively-for-koi equipment at MSRP most of the time. So if my long distance friends here at KB and elsewhere can't help me, I'm up the proverbial creek without a paddle and doing the breaststroke to tow the DIY canoe home by myself. Which is fine...I'm a good swimmer.

Marie