Originally Posted by
Waterbug
If you're concerned with flipping a switch with wet hands they make a water proof cover for a regular switch. The water proof switch mechanically moves the actual switch. A switch that controls power to a GFCI outlet wouldn't be GFCI protected, not that it's required to be.
GFCI receptacles have gone bad on me many times. Don't know why. I assume moisture. One was in the sun and I think over heated.
That's exactly the type switch I have my GFCI outlets connected to... its safe because there is no metal to metal connection and the swtich cover is water tight and weather proofed. However I have the outlets boxes mounted down low so the wires and plugs are out of the way and then I have the switch box (connected by conduit) placed at shoulder height so its easy to reach. Also I have two separate GFCI outlet pairs, one for each pump/filter circuit of the pond (one circuit is skimmer-filters-waterfall, other is BD-filters-TPR) so if one circuit trips the other will still provide filtration and water movement. I have the air pumps wired into the basement (yet another GFCI outlet on another electrical circuit).
Last edited by monomer; 09-03-2012 at 10:38 AM.
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