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Solar Oxygenator
enlarge	Brand: SMART SOLAR Category: Kitchen This item is no longer available Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 293468 ASIN: B000NBC694 Tell A Friend Add to Wishlist Add to Wedding Registry Add to Baby Registry


Editorial Reviews: Product Description Always-fresh pond water, without any wiring! Solar Oxygenator, ON SALE! The hardest thing about keeping a fish pond healthy is maintaining the right level of oxygen. If the water becomes stagnant, the fish will die and the only thing you'll be raising will be mosquito larvae and pond scum. This Solar Oxygenator runs completely on its own energy... so there's no need to hard wire anything. Just put the included solar panel in a sunny location, and attach the 9'9" cable to the pump. The pump forces air into the pond through two attached tubes, for consistently clear and clean water. The solar panel mounts easily to walls or stakes into the ground. Measures 3 1/2 x 6 1/2", weighs 7 ozs. Order Today! Solar Oxygenator

Customer Reviews: LOUD!!! and intermittently shuts off May 16, 2008 Dune Fan (Sandy Eggo) Product was easy to assemble and was up and running within 5 minutes. The first thing I noticed was that the air pump was extremely loud. It sounded like plastic thudding against plastic. The pump was placed in the front yard, and I could hear it from the backyard. Definitely something amiss. I unscrewed and opened up the unit, and I couldn't identify exactly what was bumping up against what. I "plugged" in the unit and saw that the bellow arm (little metal arm pumps this rubber diaphragm to pump air) was hitting the housing. I adjusted the screws holding the pump in place and reduced the noise by about 50%. That said, the noise is still too loud. It makes my serene goldfish pond rather unpleasant. I have an air pump indoors for my tropical fish tank, and that is almost unnoticeable. This solar air pump is just way too loud. So I looked into ways to try to quiet the pump even more. Some people had contraptions built out of sound proofing and wooden boxes. Some people used a box of kitty litter to insulate the pump. While looking into ways of quieting the pump, I noticed that the pump outside had gone silent. I went outside to see what was wrong. It was 2pm, and there was plenty of sun. I unplugged the pump and plugged it back in. The loud pump started up again fine. So I watched my pump for the next few days. Every day, the pump would unexplicably stop. You have to unplug and plug the pump back into the solar panel (a 5 second operation). This isn't good since I'd like the pump to run during the day when I'm at work. Overall, I have to say that I'm highly disappointed with #1 the sound and #2 the fact that it suddenly stops for no reason and you have to unplug and plug the pump back into the solar panel. Go with a regular wired pump rated for outdoor use. Even though you're not going "green" by using solar, at least you're not adding to the landfills by buying junk that you have to throw away.

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