Disguise/protect power cords

[Colleen_MI]

Can you show me how you disguise and protect cords going from the pond to the electrical box? I only have about 6-8 feet of cord between the pump and the post with the outlet box but it's going to get some foot traffic through the area. I have a board over it for now. Not the most attractive solution, lol. (And caution tape, too, but that was just to keep the lawn guys away from it last fall. This year it's all going to be landscaped garden beds, no mowing.)

 

[poconojoe]

You can sleeve the cord through a piece of PVC to protect it. Just make sure you get a large enough inside diameter PVC where the plug can pass through.

 

[Mmathis]

You can sleeve the cord through a piece of PVC to protect it. Just make sure you get a large enough inside diameter PVC where the plug can pass through.

Ditto

 

[Colleen_MI]

Then do you kind of bury it in the mulch or how would you hide the PVC? I don't want anyone to trip over it.

 

[poconojoe]

Then do you kind of bury it in the mulch or how would you hide the PVC? I don't want anyone to trip over it.

Yes, you could bury it with mulch if the mulch is deep enough.
Or else dig a shallow trench and cover with a bit of soil and mulch over that.

 

[SoCal Pond]

Like this.

 

[BobDE]

I use PVC as well. I just had to change out a pump and it was easy. I tied a rope on the old cord and pulled it through. Then tied the rope on the new cord and pulled it through. Easy! As mentioned, make sure that the PVC is big enough to accommodate the plug.

 

[GBBUDD]

Can you show me how you disguise and protect cords going from the pond to the electrical box? I only have about 6-8 feet of cord between the pump and the post with the outlet box but it's going to get some foot traffic through the area. I have a board over it for now. Not the most attractive solution, lol. (And caution tape, too, but that was just to keep the lawn guys away from it last fall. This year it's all going to be landscaped garden beds, no mowing.)

If the conduit is not buried one thing I have done is to take a limb and cut a slot in the limb and insert the cord problem slved while looking natural

 

[Colleen_MI]

Thanks everyone!