Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding completed my bug wacker

I basically stole the idea from somebody here in the forums and darn it I cant remember who? Sorry. I was looking through the past topics thinking it could only be a couple pages back..Man there is a lot of info here! started with these 2 items the motor and light assembly
and finished it with a big bowl just dying to try it out on some fish

You know I was thumbing through the latest PB mag and ran across the ad for the BO-JO fish light and the one I made kinds looks like it, only simpler. Opps! I hope thats not a problem

They used a mixing bowl. You took your wife's bundt cake pan.
If what you did helps sell some BO-JO fish lights, they'll like it. If not, they won't.
Please be double sure you are gfi protected and no one gets electrocuted.

Thanks< I already have the GFI circuit installed. I plan on someday having a dock with power to it.

Trialsguy, congrats you got her done. Great work! I think you got some of the info from me. In the past I thought you said you ordered the same Grainger parts that I used. If you used the same motor I think it would overheat inside that bowl. Did you buy the same motor? The one I used was an enclosed motor that required a cooling fan. Did you get an open motor that stays cool? I could see where that might work with your design since you've got the light fixture mounted into the bowl with standoffs to allow air to enter from underneath. I think my light fixture is larger diameter than yours and thus I had to mount the motor below the light fixture in between the bulbs cause I couldn't find a bowl large enough. This made it necessary to use an enclosed motor. I think you may have solved that problem by using a smaller incandescent light fixture and deeper bowl. I think you've simplified the design and lowered the cost. How much did it cost? One suggestion I might make is to try to mount your light fixture just a little lower so the bulbs are clearly visible from the side. This will maximize the view of the light by insects cruising around some distance away. Or with that type of fixture you can probably just bend the socket mounts downward a little more and expose more light to the sides. Excellent example of do-it-yourself creativity.

The bowl was 8 bucks at walmart the light fixture was 10 bucks at home depot and I had the motor already, and the light bulbs were 6 for 12 bucks at home depot.
I was thinking that I needed to get the lights in out of the weather. I dont know if I can lower them much because of the string wacking them.
The motor does get hot it is a open air with thermo protection, I was thinking of adding a small fan blade on the shaft to help circulate air around.
I can lower the whole unit very easy though