Taking Outdoor Plug Socket Off The Side Of A Wooden Pond.

[Tilly2]

...and putting it on a new wooden pond.

We are having a new Norlog 100 gallon fish pond to replace the smaller 50 gallon one we have which has seen better days.

The current pond has an electrician fitted waterproof grey plastic box on the side, which we plug the pond pump into. We want to transfer this to the side of the new pond. Is it just a case of switching off the pump and unscrewing the grey box thing? Do we need to be careful of anything?

[alavahalf]

It is not a a new installation. So it is a fitting job and anyone who is 'capable,'should not find it the least bit difficult to complete. An electrician will not want such a small job. It is a job for a capable handyman.
At best there will be 4 screws on the faceplate and possibly another four in the back of the box.
At work at the moment .. have just been watching electricity jump 2m across a room.
Granted it was 600,000 volts. Do you think I would be okay to touch it with the end of my finger ?
8-)

[bednobs]

go with alva's answer, not mine :)

[Tilly2]

Thanks, Alava.
A competent handyman is what I'll get. I'll put a post on Nextdoor. There's bound to be somebody local.
Thanks again, all of you.

[alavahalf]

Just give them a description of what you want done before they visit and I doubt you will have any trouble.
They may even give you a hand to level the pool and see that all is well ?

[Tilly2]

It's a free-standing pool, Alav. One of these.

https://www.norloguk.com/pools.

It's going on the patio to replace the 18 year old one we have at the moment.

[alavahalf]

I see it's got a nice edge on it .. is that to rest your glass on when you are having a soak !

[Tilly2]

Oh, yes! I can pop my glass on there whilst I sit there, soaking my feet.

[TonyV]

Tilly your link doesn't work for me I get a 404 error. Don't know whether it's my end or yours?

[bhg481]

Tilly has left a full stop at the end of the link.

[Tilly2]

This any better, Tony.

https://www.norloguk.com/pools

[TonyV]

Thanks Tilly that link worked, looks nice.

[Tilly2]

Yes, Tony. They are lovely. Now, we need to work out how to stop the heron calling.

[TonyV]

there are 2 solutions that I'm aware of one is to buy a fake heron, as they are quite territorial and probably will deter any, you will need to move it regularly. The second but not to aesthetically pleasing is to net your pond.

[Tilly2]

Fake herons don't really work. I know that for a fact. Netting seems a better option.