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Problem
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What are the consequences?
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How will Koi Watch alert me so I can make plans to fix the
problem?
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Leak in pipework
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Water will be lost from the pond. Eventually the
filter will stop working as it gets starved of water. If the
bottom drain pipework starts leaking, you could end up with no
water left for the Koi.
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Any leak in the pond or filter system will result
in the Koi Watch float switch dropping. Koi Watch will detect
this alarm condition and send a text message and/or call your
mobile phone leaving a ‘virtual’ message.
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Bottom drain blocked |
We’ve all been there! The filter system will be
starved of water, and the flow rate will decrease. Water quality
will suffer from less filtration and a drain blocked full of
waste! Eventually the pump will burn out and the Koi will begin
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The Koi Watch float switch installed in the
filter system e.g primary vortex will drop due to the filter
system being starved of water. Koi Watch will detect this alarm
condition and send a text message and/or call your mobile phone
leaving a ‘virtual’ message. |
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Mechanical filter blocked |
The biological stages will become starved of
water. Water quality will suffer from less filtration.
Eventually the pump will burn out and the Koi will begin to
suffer.
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A second Koi Watch float switch installed in the
filter system after the mechnical filter e.g in the last
biological stage will drop due to the biological stages of the
filter system being starved of water. Koi Watch will detect
this alarm condition and send a text message and/or call your
mobile phone leaving a ‘virtual’ message. |
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Water pump blockage (pump fed syetem)
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The filter system will be starved of water, and
the flow rate will decrease. Water quality will suffer from less
filtration and a pump blocked full of waste! Eventually the
pump will burn out, the Koi will begin to suffer.
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The Koi Watch float switch installed in the
filter system will drop due to the filter system being starved
of water NB on most but not all pump fed systems – please check
or ask for advice. Koi Watch will detect this alarm condition
and send a text message and/or call your mobile phone leaving a
‘virtual’ message.
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Heating system failure - left permanently OFF e.g
thermocouple failure on boiler, or electric heater blocked with
blanketweed.
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Water temperature could rapidly plummet stressing
the Koi. If during Winter, water temperature could fall to
dangerous levels possibly freezing your Koi.
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If Koi Watch reads a temperature that falls
outside of the preset min and max temperatures, it will send a
text message and/or call your mobile phone leaving a ‘virtual’
message.
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Heating system failure - left permanently ON e.g
thermostat failure, probe failure, or probe detachment
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Water temperature could rapidly increase
stressing the Koi. If left for long enough and the heating
system is ‘big’ enough, the water temperature could rise to
dangerous levels possibly frying your Koi.
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If Koi Watch reads a temperature that falls
outside of the preset min and max temperatures, it will send a
text message and/or call your mobile phone leaving a ‘virtual’
message.
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Dangerously low Winter temperatures in unheated
pond
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Can be fatal if water temperature falls below 4
degrees Celsius. |
If Koi Watch reads a temperature that falls
outside of the preset min and max temperatures, it will send a
text message and/or call your mobile phone leaving a ‘virtual’
message.
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Water Pump failure
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The water pump is the ‘heart’ of any filter
system. If this stops, the water ceases to be filtered. Any
auxiliary equipment you are pumping through will also cease to
function e.g heating system. There’s no need to explain the
consequences of this any further!
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1. Since the water is no longer being passed
through the heating system, the water temperature will begin to
drop. Obviously the rate at which it drops depends on
environmental conditions and the difference between pond and air
temperature. If Koi Watch reads a temperature that falls
outside of the preset min and max temperatures, it will send a
text message and/or call your mobile phone leaving a ‘virtual’
message.
2. On a gravity fed system, due to hydraulic
loading, the water in the filter system will rise when the water
pump is switched off/fails. It is possible to reverse the logic
on a Koi Watch float switch. This will signal an alarm when the
float switch rises rather than falls. This is a good
utilisation of the second Koi Watch float switch. Koi Watch
will detect this alarm condition and send a text message and/or
call your mobile phone leaving a ‘virtual’ message.
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Mains power failure
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The entire filter system is powered by
electricity. A power failure will result in water pump, air
pump, and heating system failure. Not to mention all the other
bits of ‘kit’ we install nowadays. In this situation, oxygen
levels could plummet rapidly on a thundery Summers day! Water
quality will begin to suffer due to the lack of filtration.
Pond temperatures could plummet due to heating system failure.
In short loss of power is bad news and could easily result in
dead Koi.
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Koi Watch includes a battery back up facility.
Should a power failure occur (no power to Koi Watch), Koi Watch
will continue to run from its batteries and send a text message
and/or call your mobile phone leaving a ‘virtual’ message
alerting you to the power failure.
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