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Originally Posted by birchhaven
I am probably way off, but I will throw this out there for someone smarter than me to finish.
When I was considering adding a irrigation system to my lawn. One contractor suggested pulling water from the lake. He said there is two ways to do it but only one right way. What he said is the wrong way is putting the pump in the lake, rather than on the land sucking it out.
He said that the pump in the lake can create an electrical field that will zap a swimmer even tho no electrical current would be going from the wires to the water, as in it is installed properly and there is no reason for the breaker to pop.
He could have been blowing smoke but he sounded like he knew what he was talking about.
Does any body else know what he was talking about? I wonder if a similar thing is happening with people swimming in a marina, since marinas tend to pack some serious amperage.
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The water pump for our house is a submersible 220v pump. There is nothing wrong with using one as long as it is set up properly. It is easier since you dont have to winterize the pump, just blow out the lines in the house at the end of the season. Submersible (below) and jet pumps (above) are the 2 options used.
Ours is within 20 feet of our swim raft. To date, nobody has been fried....