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Lake Fountain Installation Instructions
This section contains an overview of installation instructions
for each of the three different operating systems for your floating
fountain. Click on the one system that you're interested in or
scroll through them all using your down arrow.
For complete, printable instructions, click on Printables
IMPORTANT: LIGHTS, MOTORS AND PUMPS ARE ALL WATER
COOLED. DO NOT DRY RUN! IT WILL BURN THEM UP AND IS NOT COVERED
BY WARRANTY.
On-Shore Pump & Motor Floating Fountain Installation
The On-Shore system is a swimming pool pump and motor that
you mount on shore in a protective ventilated housing with semirigid
and/or rigid PVC plumbing running from the lake to the pump for
intake and discharges through fire hose out to the nozzle floating
in the lake. Your control panel and your pump should both be
installed well above the high water line, but as close to lake's
edge as possible. It's a good idea to trench and bury 3"
PVC pipe to and from the pump to the lake's edge to obscure the
intake and discharge pipe from view. The hose in the lake will
be laying on the bottom and out of sight. Installation usually
takes about 4 hours.
Benefits and Applications:
- Circulates shallow lakes
- Aids in circulation of isolated fingers of water
- Easy access to pump and motor for maintenance and repair
- Keeps electrical cable out of water
(unless lights are added)
- Less expensive than traditional well pumps & motors
- Easy installation for self-installers
- Recommended for fishing and/or brackish lakes
Brackish means salty. The On-Shore Pump & Motor system
is the only system acceptable for brackish lakes because the
water comes in contact with only the plastic parts (less corrosive
than metals) of the pump and because there is no readily-available
electrical cable manufactured for use in salt water. The salts
will penetrate and oxidize the copper cable. Lights are not recommended
in brackish water.
Installation Instructions:
After you have mounted your swimming pool pump on-shore in
your desired location, connected your intake and discharge pipes
to the pump using PVC unions so the pump may be removed from
the system for winterizing, service or repair, and buried the
pipes to the lake's edge, it's time to assemble your fountain.
Instructions for attaching the hoses, installing the nozzle and
floating the fountain follow:
ASSEMBLING THE FOUNTAIN
FLOATS
The float halves bolt together using the stainless stell top plates and the crossbar/nozzle holder. All
necessary hardware is enclosed.
CROSSBAR/NOZZLE HOLDER
The crossbar is the long stainless steel bar that bolts easily
into the brass inserts on the bottom of the float with the enclosed
hardware.
NOZZLE
The nozzle hand screws onto a supplied PVC pipe fitted through
a predrilled hole in the crossbar.
HOSE
Allow enough fire hose length to follow the contours of your
lake bottom. When you initially install the hose it is full of
air and will float. When the unit is started it will fill with
water and sink. Better too long, than too short.
- Attach the fire hose to the fountain.
- Float the fountain to it's position in the lake leaving the
other end of the hose secured on shore.
- Anchor the fountain, see instructions below.
- Return to shore and attach the fire hose to the discharge
pipe.
- Attach the intake screen to the PVC suction hose.
- Attach the PVC suction hose to your pumps intake line.
- Place the PVC suction hose and intake screen anywhere you
choose in the lake.
- Fire it up.
ANCHORING
When anchoring the fountain in place, tie a length of rope to each side of the float and tie each opposite end to a concrete block. Rope
length should be 3' for each foot of depth.
Leave some slack in the rope to allow vertical movement of the
fountain as water levels change. An alternate method is to stake
the anchor ropes at opposing shorelines. Conceal the anchor line
from view by hanging several weights on a dark colored anchor
rope.
Direct Line
Floating Fountain Installation
The Direct Line Floating Fountain system has a fire hose attached
at the lake's fill or return line that runs out to the float
and is attached to the nozzle.
Benefits and Applications:
- Least expensive way to add a fountain to your waterscape.
No pump, no motor.
- No additional electricity required. (Uses the already existing
work of your fill pump)
- No electrical cables in the water
- Easy to self-install
Installation Instructions:
FLOATS
The float halves bolt together using the stainless stell top plates and the crossbar/nozzle holder. All
necessary hardware is enclosed.
CROSSBAR/NOZZLE HOLDER
The crossbar is the long stainless steel bar that bolts easily
into the brass inserts on the bottom of the float with the enclosed
hardware.
NOZZLE
The nozzle hand screws onto a supplied PVC pipe fitted through
a predrilled hole in the crossbar.
HOSE
Allow enough fire hose length to follow the contours of your
lake bottom. When you initially install the hose it is full of
air and will float. When the unit is started it will fill with
water and sink. Better too long, than too short.
- Attach the fire hose to the fountain.
- Float the fountain to it's position in the lake leaving the other end of the hose secured on shore.
- Anchor the fountain, see instructions below.
- Return to shore and attach the fire hose to the discharge pipe.
- Attach the intake screen to the PVC suction hose.
- Attach the PVC suction hose to your pumps intake line.
- Place the PVC suction hose and intake screen anywhere you choose in the lake.
- Fire it up.
ANCHORING
When anchoring the fountain in place, tie a length of rope to each side of the float and tie each opposite end to a concrete block. Rope
length should be 3' for each foot of depth.
Leave some slack in the rope to allow vertical movement of the
fountain as water levels change. An alternate method is to stake
the anchor ropes at opposing shorelines. Conceal the anchor line
from view by hanging several weights on a dark colored anchor
rope.
Well Pump Floating
Fountain Installation
The well pump system has a Grundfos pump and motor hung horizontally
on the stainless steel frame supported by durable adjustable
polyethylene floats with a solid brass nozzle centered inside
the float assembly floating in the lake with PVC jacketed submersible
electrical cable spliced with permanent underwater materials
at the motor and connected in a shore-mounted control panel which
houses GFI protection, surge protection, circuit breakers, thermal
overload protection and the motor starter.
Placing an order is simple :
- Call 1-800-899-2565 and let us know what you want in
a fountain. Just describe what you're trying to accomplish.
- Let us know of any budget constraints, environmental issues,
activities in the lake (fishing, swimming, etc.), that we need
to work with.
- We'll create an estimate for the fountain based on your information
and fax it back to you.
- It's now time to call in a local licensed commercial electrician
to evaluate your electrical needs or you may call the electric
company and have a meter put in special for your fountain. You
can print out a letter for the electrician and/or electric company
that has amps required information. Click letter
- Fax the completed letter to us at (407) 886-6787
- We'll evaluate the electrical information on the fax and
make any adjustments to the estimate that are necessary and fax
a revised estimate to you.
- You sign the estimate confirming your order of your Desert
Rain Fountain and fax back to us.
Deposit and payments arrangements will be made at this time.
- We start building your custom fountain, meanwhile, you need
your electrician or electric company getting your run done for
you before your fountain arrives. You will also need a trench
dug with a 3" PVC pipe in place for the electrical cable
from the control panel location to the lake's edge.
- We will ship your fountain.
- You will need to provide 2-3 laborers to do the work of the
installation, a boat, and a licensed electrician to do the electrical
hook-ups.
- Congratulations! You are the proud owner of a DesertRain® Floating Fountain.
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