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Hello, Firstly I am NOT an electrician and have no intention of messing with that stuff however, my sockets' RCD kept tripping, but by a process of elimination it turn out that whenever the pond pump is powered it trips again after about 5 minutes.
I have tried all permutations of appliances powered on and off and am positive it is the pump at fault.
My question is, now the pump is not plugged in to power is there a way to 'test' the pump to doubly confirm (for curiosity really) my beliefs. I have a multimeter thing but have only used it to check a fuse or such. Is there anything i can do with it to test the pump before i bin it and get another one.
I reiterate, the pump is now NOT powered and my socket circuits are all fine again.
Thank you
 
My neighbour had this, clean the filters of the pump and does the pump sit at the bottom of the pond, if it does place a few bricks in the pond and sit the pump on the bricks.
 
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OP if you can remove pond pump from pond and plug in somewhere (in water of course), just to check flex etc to pond pump hasn't a fault on it.
 
Guys I've just deleted 3 out of 5 replies because they are completely pointless and in no way help the op.
Can we please try and reply with relevant answers or not bother.
Derailing of threads is starting to get out of hand and is coming onto the staff radar on a daily basis, we're all for a bit of banter but please use it in the right threads and right parts of the forum.
 
I've had the same problem with a couple of pumps over the last few years. Both times been down to damp inside the pump. Not a lot you can do about it except bite the bullet and buy a new pump.
 
Guys I've just deleted 3 out of 5 replies because they are completely pointless and in no way help the op.
Can we please try and reply with relevant answers or not bother.
Derailing of threads is starting to get out of hand and is coming onto the staff radar on a daily basis, we're all for a bit of banter but please use it in the right threads and right parts of the forum.

Oh okay, but it is nearly Xmas :(
 
Oh okay, but it is nearly Xmas :(

I know mate and we don't want to be killjoys but it's been occurring more and more over The last couple of months.
And like I said by all means start some fun threads of your own but don't hijack a genuine thread.
As I also said the op got 5 replies 3 of which were not related at all and even one of the 2 sensible ones had to be edited.
 

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