Is Muskrat/Pump protection necessary ?
Yes. We include protection on all of our RHP series fountains. Here is what happens if we don’t… Muskrats chew the powercord, usually near the pump, once the outer jacket of the wire has been opened, it then acts like a straw allowing water to enter the dry end of the motor housing, within days the GFCI begins to trip. If this happens PLEASE remove the pump from the pond immediately, the sooner it is removed from the water the better chance we have to dry the pump out and salvage it. Our Muskrat/pump protection protects the first two feet of wire and seals off the pump so that should a muskrat chew beyond the protection the result will not be to replace the pump, saving you hundreds of dollars in replacement costs. The GFCI will still trip, it just won’t ruin your pump before you can get it out of the water.
